László Toka, Endre Angelus Papp, Tibor Cinkler, István Gódor, László Hévizi
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Abstract
In this study, we present an in-depth analysis of communication services for commercial airline passengers, focusing on the challenges posed by increasing internet traffic demand. We explore the integration of satellite, airborne, and terrestrial networks, emphasizing the roles of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, High-Altitude Platform Station (HAPS), and Terrestrial Aviation Network (TAN)-based services. Our contribution includes a theoretical model for optimizing resource allocation and capacity planning in non-terrestrial wireless networks, using a bipartite graph approach and linear programming techniques. The model shows adaptability and efficiency, providing key insights through numerical analysis. Leveraging a detailed air traffic dataset, a machine learning-based aggregation method, and real-world network parameters, our research addresses current challenges, such as scalable network capacity dimensioning in high-density airspaces and meeting the demand for quality of service by robust resource provisioning, and advances the design of communication networks for Space–Air–Ground Integrated Network (SAGIN). Numerical results from European airspace suggest that complementing TAN and LEO satellite networks with HAPS-based services will be essential as airline passengers adopt ground-level internet usage patterns.
期刊介绍:
Vehicular communications is a growing area of communications between vehicles and including roadside communication infrastructure. Advances in wireless communications are making possible sharing of information through real time communications between vehicles and infrastructure. This has led to applications to increase safety of vehicles and communication between passengers and the Internet. Standardization efforts on vehicular communication are also underway to make vehicular transportation safer, greener and easier.
The aim of the journal is to publish high quality peer–reviewed papers in the area of vehicular communications. The scope encompasses all types of communications involving vehicles, including vehicle–to–vehicle and vehicle–to–infrastructure. The scope includes (but not limited to) the following topics related to vehicular communications:
Vehicle to vehicle and vehicle to infrastructure communications
Channel modelling, modulating and coding
Congestion Control and scalability issues
Protocol design, testing and verification
Routing in vehicular networks
Security issues and countermeasures
Deployment and field testing
Reducing energy consumption and enhancing safety of vehicles
Wireless in–car networks
Data collection and dissemination methods
Mobility and handover issues
Safety and driver assistance applications
UAV
Underwater communications
Autonomous cooperative driving
Social networks
Internet of vehicles
Standardization of protocols.