Telematic Engineering Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Avda. Universidad, 30, 28911 Leganés (Madrid), Spain.
IMDEA Networks Institute, Avda. del Mar Mediterráneo, 22. 28918 Madrid, Spain.
Sensors (Basel). 2018 Nov 23;18(12):4116. doi: 10.3390/s18124116.
In this paper, we present a practical solution to support the adaptable and automated deployment of applications of Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (SUAVs). Our solution is based on virtualization technologies, and considers SUAVs as programmable network platforms capable of executing virtual functions and services, which may be dynamically selected according to the requirements specified by the operator of the aerial vehicles. This way, SUAVs can be flexibly and rapidly adapted to different missions with heterogeneous objectives. The design of our solution is based on Network Function Virtualization (NFV) technologies, developed under the umbrella of the fifth generation of mobile networks (5G), as well as on existing Internet protocol standards, including flying ad hoc network routing protocols. We implemented a functional prototype of our solution using well-known open source technologies, and we demonstrated its practical feasibility with the execution of an IP telephony service. This service was implemented as a set of virtualized network functions, which were automatically deployed and interconnected over an infrastructure of SUAVs, being the telephony service tested with real voice-over-IP terminals.
在本文中，我们提出了一种实用的解决方案，以支持小型无人机（SUAV）应用程序的适应性和自动化部署。我们的解决方案基于虚拟化技术，将 SUAV 视为可编程网络平台，能够执行虚拟功能和服务，根据飞行器操作人员指定的要求，这些功能和服务可以动态选择。通过这种方式，SUAV 可以灵活、快速地适应具有不同目标的不同任务。我们的解决方案的设计基于网络功能虚拟化（NFV）技术，该技术是在第五代移动网络（5G）的框架下开发的，并且基于现有的互联网协议标准，包括飞行自组网路由协议。我们使用知名的开源技术实现了我们解决方案的功能原型，并通过执行 IP 电话服务来演示其实际可行性。该服务实现为一组虚拟化网络功能，这些功能在 SUAV 基础设施上自动部署和互联，通过使用真实的 IP 电话终端对电话服务进行了测试。
