Line-of-Sight-Based Coordinated Channel Resource Allocation Management in UAV-Assisted Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks
In Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs), the Road-Side-Units (RSUs) that act as base station for serving vehicles may experience significant traffic and congestion during peak hours due to the density of vehicles. To solve this problem, we suggest a coordinated strategy including Unmanned-Aerial-Vehic...
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| author | Muhammad Ismail Fazal Muhammad Zeeshan Shafiq Muhammad Irfan Saifur Rahman Salim Nasar Faraj Mursal Grzegorz Nowakowski Eduard Zharikov |
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| description | In Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs), the Road-Side-Units (RSUs) that act as base station for serving vehicles may experience significant traffic and congestion during peak hours due to the density of vehicles. To solve this problem, we suggest a coordinated strategy including Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicles (UAVs) on-demand use to supplement and service RSUs and other vehicles. Better resource allocation strategies are required to handle this issue because RSUs and UAVs may share the same set of channels, which will lead to interference. In this research, we propose a UAV-Assisted Protocol (UAVa) to improve network performance, especially throughput. The platform for resource allocation between UAVs and RSUs established by our suggested protocol is cooperative and well-coordinated. The criterion of channel allocation is based on the probability that a Line-of-Sight (LoS) link will exist between the vehicle and the UAV/RSU. The UAV serves the car if the LoS probability is high; otherwise, the RSU offers the service. Signals are successfully decoded to reduce interference if their Signal-to-Interference-plus-Noise-Ratio (SINR) is higher than a set SINR threshold. In contrast, other signals are subject to a back-off timer. We show through simulations that including UAVs is more effective and provides a reliable communication system in VANETs. By implementing a probabilistic access mechanism, our coordinated vehicular network efficiently lessens the stress on RSUs while on the load to UAVs, especially in locations with high traffic density. The LoS connectivity and optimized channel allocation offer better quality of service through RSU and UAVs in this cooperative environment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c2ea155a40a64a9bb5ed2081e631d38f2024-02-23T00:00:38ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362024-01-0112252452525310.1109/ACCESS.2024.335600910409175Line-of-Sight-Based Coordinated Channel Resource Allocation Management in UAV-Assisted Vehicular Ad Hoc NetworksMuhammad Ismail0https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7268-5486Fazal Muhammad1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0405-0083Zeeshan Shafiq2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6888-5111Muhammad Irfan3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4161-6875Saifur Rahman4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-183XSalim Nasar Faraj Mursal5Grzegorz Nowakowski6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3086-0947Eduard Zharikov7Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Mardan, Mardan, PakistanDepartment of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Mardan, Mardan, PakistanCenter for Intelligent Systems and Networks Research (CISNR), University of Engineering and Technology at Peshawar, Peshawar, PakistanElectrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Najran University, Najran, Saudi ArabiaElectrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Najran University, Najran, Saudi ArabiaElectrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Najran University, Najran, Saudi ArabiaFaculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, Cracow, PolandDepartment of Informatics and Software Engineering, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Kyiv, UkraineIn Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs), the Road-Side-Units (RSUs) that act as base station for serving vehicles may experience significant traffic and congestion during peak hours due to the density of vehicles. To solve this problem, we suggest a coordinated strategy including Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicles (UAVs) on-demand use to supplement and service RSUs and other vehicles. Better resource allocation strategies are required to handle this issue because RSUs and UAVs may share the same set of channels, which will lead to interference. In this research, we propose a UAV-Assisted Protocol (UAVa) to improve network performance, especially throughput. The platform for resource allocation between UAVs and RSUs established by our suggested protocol is cooperative and well-coordinated. The criterion of channel allocation is based on the probability that a Line-of-Sight (LoS) link will exist between the vehicle and the UAV/RSU. The UAV serves the car if the LoS probability is high; otherwise, the RSU offers the service. Signals are successfully decoded to reduce interference if their Signal-to-Interference-plus-Noise-Ratio (SINR) is higher than a set SINR threshold. In contrast, other signals are subject to a back-off timer. We show through simulations that including UAVs is more effective and provides a reliable communication system in VANETs. By implementing a probabilistic access mechanism, our coordinated vehicular network efficiently lessens the stress on RSUs while on the load to UAVs, especially in locations with high traffic density. The LoS connectivity and optimized channel allocation offer better quality of service through RSU and UAVs in this cooperative environment.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10409175/Vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs)road-side-unit (RSU)unmanned-aerial-vehicle (UAV)line-of-sight (LoS) |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Ismail Fazal Muhammad Zeeshan Shafiq Muhammad Irfan Saifur Rahman Salim Nasar Faraj Mursal Grzegorz Nowakowski Eduard Zharikov Line-of-Sight-Based Coordinated Channel Resource Allocation Management in UAV-Assisted Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks IEEE Access Vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs) road-side-unit (RSU) unmanned-aerial-vehicle (UAV) line-of-sight (LoS) |
| title | Line-of-Sight-Based Coordinated Channel Resource Allocation Management in UAV-Assisted Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks |
| title_full | Line-of-Sight-Based Coordinated Channel Resource Allocation Management in UAV-Assisted Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks |
| title_fullStr | Line-of-Sight-Based Coordinated Channel Resource Allocation Management in UAV-Assisted Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Line-of-Sight-Based Coordinated Channel Resource Allocation Management in UAV-Assisted Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks |
| title_short | Line-of-Sight-Based Coordinated Channel Resource Allocation Management in UAV-Assisted Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks |
| title_sort | line of sight based coordinated channel resource allocation management in uav assisted vehicular ad hoc networks |
| topic | Vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs) road-side-unit (RSU) unmanned-aerial-vehicle (UAV) line-of-sight (LoS) |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10409175/ |
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