Recent Research Progress of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Regulation Policies and Technologies in Urban Low Altitude
With the rapid expansion in the number of Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles (UAVs) available and the development of modern technologies, the commercial applications of UAVs in urban areas, such as urban remote sensing (RS), express services, urban road traffic monitoring, urban police security, urban air s...
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| description | With the rapid expansion in the number of Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles (UAVs) available and the development of modern technologies, the commercial applications of UAVs in urban areas, such as urban remote sensing (RS), express services, urban road traffic monitoring, urban police security, urban air shows and so on, have increased greatly. However, most UAVs, especially light and small civil UAVs, have been operating in low-altitude airspace, and a conflict may exist between increasing the number of UAVs and the limited low airspace. To promote low-altitude airspace resource development and to standardize the operation and management of UAVs in urban regions, some global laws and regulations and key technologies for urban low-altitude applications of UAVs have been implemented. This paper reviews the development of current policies and key technologies concerning safe and efficient operations of the light-and-small civil UAVs in low altitude in urban areas. Discussions are made progressively on measures and methods of airspace restriction, airspace structuring and air route planning in China primarily and the rest of world. After surveying the practical industry tests and the initial studies of air routes, the survey results indicate that the construction of air route networks is a scientific and effective measure to standardize and improve the efficiency of low-altitude UAV operations. From the view point of safety and efficiency, the most valuable direction for UAV regulation in urban regions involves deepening the research which largely relies on urban RS and Geographic Information System (GIS) technology, and application demonstrations of low-altitude public air route networks. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b88dff75e7d458da52e1cfd798a87842022-12-21T22:27:48ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362020-01-018741757419410.1109/ACCESS.2020.29876229080597Recent Research Progress of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Regulation Policies and Technologies in Urban Low AltitudeChenchen Xu0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7900-2564Xiaohan Liao1Junming Tan2Huping Ye3Haiying Lu4Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Beijing, ChinaInstitute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Beijing, ChinaInstitute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Beijing, ChinaInstitute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Beijing, ChinaThe Research Center for UAV Applications and Regulation, Beijing, CAS, ChinaWith the rapid expansion in the number of Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles (UAVs) available and the development of modern technologies, the commercial applications of UAVs in urban areas, such as urban remote sensing (RS), express services, urban road traffic monitoring, urban police security, urban air shows and so on, have increased greatly. However, most UAVs, especially light and small civil UAVs, have been operating in low-altitude airspace, and a conflict may exist between increasing the number of UAVs and the limited low airspace. To promote low-altitude airspace resource development and to standardize the operation and management of UAVs in urban regions, some global laws and regulations and key technologies for urban low-altitude applications of UAVs have been implemented. This paper reviews the development of current policies and key technologies concerning safe and efficient operations of the light-and-small civil UAVs in low altitude in urban areas. Discussions are made progressively on measures and methods of airspace restriction, airspace structuring and air route planning in China primarily and the rest of world. After surveying the practical industry tests and the initial studies of air routes, the survey results indicate that the construction of air route networks is a scientific and effective measure to standardize and improve the efficiency of low-altitude UAV operations. From the view point of safety and efficiency, the most valuable direction for UAV regulation in urban regions involves deepening the research which largely relies on urban RS and Geographic Information System (GIS) technology, and application demonstrations of low-altitude public air route networks.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9080597/Low-altitude airspaceRS and GIS for UAV regulationUAV regulation technology and policyUrban regionUAV low-altitude air routes |
| spellingShingle | Chenchen Xu Xiaohan Liao Junming Tan Huping Ye Haiying Lu Recent Research Progress of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Regulation Policies and Technologies in Urban Low Altitude IEEE Access Low-altitude airspace RS and GIS for UAV regulation UAV regulation technology and policy Urban region UAV low-altitude air routes |
| title | Recent Research Progress of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Regulation Policies and Technologies in Urban Low Altitude |
| title_full | Recent Research Progress of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Regulation Policies and Technologies in Urban Low Altitude |
| title_fullStr | Recent Research Progress of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Regulation Policies and Technologies in Urban Low Altitude |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recent Research Progress of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Regulation Policies and Technologies in Urban Low Altitude |
| title_short | Recent Research Progress of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Regulation Policies and Technologies in Urban Low Altitude |
| title_sort | recent research progress of unmanned aerial vehicle regulation policies and technologies in urban low altitude |
| topic | Low-altitude airspace RS and GIS for UAV regulation UAV regulation technology and policy Urban region UAV low-altitude air routes |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9080597/ |
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