Cellular Connectivity for Advanced Air Mobility: Use Cases and Beamforming Approaches

H. Do, Ramon Delgado Pulgar, Gábor Fodor, Z. Qi
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Advanced air mobility (AAM) is a rapidly growing segment of the transport industry, which encompasses a range of innovative use cases, technologies, and aerial vehicles. For example, urban air mobility, one of the driving use cases of AAM, employs electrical vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to offer efficient and on-demand air transportation for goods as well as human passengers. Key stakeholders, such as original equipment manufacturers, prospective AAM operators and communications service providers are exploring suitable technologies to meet various service, safety, and sustainability requirements. In this article, we discuss the most important AAM use cases and associated requirements from a cellular connectivity perspective and summarize the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standardization activities addressing these requirements. While previous works have investigated the role of cellular connectivity for command and control of uncrewed aerial vehicles, other types of AAM vehicles, such as flying buses or flying taxis likely impose more demanding requirements due to higher flying altitudes and demands for mobile broadband services for crew members and passengers. Therefore, we evaluate the performance of beamforming alternatives that are applicable for providing cellular connectivity in AAM scenarios. The results show the benefits of 3GPP standardized and to-be-standardized features, such as codebook-based beamforming, multi-user multiple-input multiple-output systems, and user equipment directional antennas in cellular networks with mixed terrestrial and aerial users.
用于高级空中移动的蜂窝连接:用例和波束成形方法
先进空中交通(AAM)是运输业中发展迅速的一个细分市场,包括一系列创新的使用案例、技术和航空器。例如,城市空中交通是先进空中交通(AAM)的主要用例之一,它采用电动垂直起降飞机为货物和乘客提供高效、按需的空中运输。原始设备制造商、未来的自动航空运输运营商和通信服务提供商等主要利益相关者正在探索合适的技术,以满足各种服务、安全和可持续发展要求。在本文中,我们将从蜂窝连接的角度讨论最重要的自动空中交通使用案例和相关要求,并总结针对这些要求的第三代合作伙伴计划(3GPP)标准化活动。虽然以前的工作研究了蜂窝连接在无人驾驶飞行器的指挥和控制中的作用,但由于飞行高度较高以及机组人员和乘客对移动宽带服务的需求,飞行巴士或飞行出租车等其他类型的自动飞行器可能会提出更苛刻的要求。因此,我们评估了适用于在自动飞行器场景中提供蜂窝连接的波束成形替代方案的性能。结果表明了 3GPP 标准化和待标准化功能的优势,如基于码本的波束成形、多用户多输入多输出系统和用户设备定向天线在混合地面和空中用户的蜂窝网络中的应用。
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