论文标题
下一代航空递送网络的通信，计算，缓存和感知
Communication, Computing, Caching, and Sensing for Next Generation Aerial Delivery Networks
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论文摘要
本文介绍了信息与通信技术与航空航天行业之间的设想相互作用，以为下一代天线包裹交付网络提供自主设备。通过增加的吞吐量，改进的覆盖范围以及垂直异质网络（VHETNETS）的近用户计算功能，实现了交付网络的车队元素的自主特征。一个高海拔平台站（HAPS），以准平台的方式位于地面上方约20公里处，是我们提出的视觉的主要推动者。除了使用HAP节点的传感潜力外，通信，计算和缓存功能的使用还证明了雄心勃勃的目标的可实现能力，即服务一个完全自主的空中机队，能够满足瞬时用户需求并在低强度设置中与交付服务实现供应链管理的互动。
This paper describes the envisioned interactions between the information and communication technology and aerospace industries to serve autonomous devices for next generation aerial parcel delivery networks. The autonomous features of fleet elements of the delivery network are enabled by the increased throughput, improved coverage, and near-user computation capabilities of vertical heterogeneous networks (VHetNets). A high altitude platform station (HAPS), located around 20~km above the ground level in a quasi-stationary manner, serves as the main enabler of the vision we present. In addition to the sensing potential of the HAPS nodes, the use of communication, computing, and caching capabilities demonstrate the attainability of the ambitious goal of serving a fully autonomous aerial fleet capable of addressing instantaneous user demands and enabling supply chain management interactions with delivery services in low-latency settings.
