Air Corridors: Concept, Design, Simulation, and Rules of Engagement
Air corridors are an integral part of the advanced air mobility infrastructure. They are the virtual highways in the sky for the transportation of people and cargo in a controlled airspace at an altitude of around 1000 ft. to 2000 ft. above ground level. These corridors will be utilized by (unmanned...
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| author | Sabrina Islam Muna Srijita Mukherjee Kamesh Namuduri Marc Compere Mustafa Ilhan Akbas Péter Molnár Ravichandran Subramanian |
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| description | Air corridors are an integral part of the advanced air mobility infrastructure. They are the virtual highways in the sky for the transportation of people and cargo in a controlled airspace at an altitude of around 1000 ft. to 2000 ft. above ground level. These corridors will be utilized by (unmanned) air taxis, which will be deployed in rural and metropolitan regions to carry passengers and freight, as well as air ambulances, which will be deployed to offer first responder services such as 911 emergencies. This paper presents fundamental insights into the design of air corridors with high operational efficiency as well as zero collisions. It begins with the definitions of air cube, skylane or track, intersection, vertiport, gate, and air corridor. Then a multi-layered air corridor model is proposed. Traffic at intersections is analyzed in detail with examples of vehicles turning in different directions. The concept of capacity of an air corridor is introduced along with the nature of distribution of locations of vehicles in the air corridor and collision probability inside the corridor are discussed. Finally, results of traffic flow simulations are presented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fbd1ad0fbb0e4d038e6b5fbbd95872b52023-11-23T01:25:03ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202021-11-012122753610.3390/s21227536Air Corridors: Concept, Design, Simulation, and Rules of EngagementSabrina Islam Muna0Srijita Mukherjee1Kamesh Namuduri2Marc Compere3Mustafa Ilhan Akbas4Péter Molnár5Ravichandran Subramanian6Electrical Engineering Department, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203, USAHarbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USAElectrical Engineering Department, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL 32114, USADepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL 32114, USAAmazon Web Services, Atlanta, GA 98170, USAHermes Autonomous Air Mobility Solutions, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX 75225, USAAir corridors are an integral part of the advanced air mobility infrastructure. They are the virtual highways in the sky for the transportation of people and cargo in a controlled airspace at an altitude of around 1000 ft. to 2000 ft. above ground level. These corridors will be utilized by (unmanned) air taxis, which will be deployed in rural and metropolitan regions to carry passengers and freight, as well as air ambulances, which will be deployed to offer first responder services such as 911 emergencies. This paper presents fundamental insights into the design of air corridors with high operational efficiency as well as zero collisions. It begins with the definitions of air cube, skylane or track, intersection, vertiport, gate, and air corridor. Then a multi-layered air corridor model is proposed. Traffic at intersections is analyzed in detail with examples of vehicles turning in different directions. The concept of capacity of an air corridor is introduced along with the nature of distribution of locations of vehicles in the air corridor and collision probability inside the corridor are discussed. Finally, results of traffic flow simulations are presented.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/22/7536air corridorsunmanned air vehiclevehicle-to-vehicle communicationsgeofencecapacitycollision-avoidance |
| spellingShingle | Sabrina Islam Muna Srijita Mukherjee Kamesh Namuduri Marc Compere Mustafa Ilhan Akbas Péter Molnár Ravichandran Subramanian Air Corridors: Concept, Design, Simulation, and Rules of Engagement Sensors air corridors unmanned air vehicle vehicle-to-vehicle communications geofence capacity collision-avoidance |
| title | Air Corridors: Concept, Design, Simulation, and Rules of Engagement |
| title_full | Air Corridors: Concept, Design, Simulation, and Rules of Engagement |
| title_fullStr | Air Corridors: Concept, Design, Simulation, and Rules of Engagement |
| title_full_unstemmed | Air Corridors: Concept, Design, Simulation, and Rules of Engagement |
| title_short | Air Corridors: Concept, Design, Simulation, and Rules of Engagement |
| title_sort | air corridors concept design simulation and rules of engagement |
| topic | air corridors unmanned air vehicle vehicle-to-vehicle communications geofence capacity collision-avoidance |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/22/7536 |
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