Abstract:
5G has become increasingly popular nowadays, mainly due to its characteristics which enable high data rates and low latency. At the same time, mobile robotic platforms, s...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
5G has become increasingly popular nowadays, mainly due to its characteristics which enable high data rates and low latency. At the same time, mobile robotic platforms, such as drones and robots, appeared as suitable platforms to carry radio stations, enabling the on-demand placement of 5G communications cells. The main contribution of this paper is an obstacle-aware on-demand 5G network. The proposed solution consists of a 5G radio station (gNB) carried by a mobile robotic platform capable of providing obstacle-aware wireless connectivity to 5G User Equipments (UEs), leveraged by a novel virtual network function - On-Demand Mobility Management Function (ODMMF). ODMMF is designed to integrate the 5G Core network and it allows to monitor the radio conditions provided to the served UEs, while enabling the positioning of the mobile robotic platform remotely by taking advantage of the visual information provided by on-board video cameras. The proposed solution was validated using an experimental prototype, under a representative networking scenario.
Published in: 2022 18th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob)
Date of Conference: 10-12 October 2022
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 15 November 2022
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