Air-Ground Collaborative Mobile Edge Computing:Architecture,Challenges,and Opportunities

By pushing computation,cache,and network control to the edge,mobile edge computing(MEC)is expected to play a leading role in fifth generation(5G)and future sixth generation(6G).Nevertheless,facing ubiquitous fast-growing computational demands,it is impossible for a single MEC paradigm to effectively support high-quality intelligent services at end user equipments(UEs).To address this issue,we propose an air-ground collaborative MEC(AGCMEC)architecture in this article.The proposed AGCMEC integrates all potentially available MEC servers within air and ground in the envisioned 6G,by a variety of collaborative ways to provide computation services at their best for UEs.Firstly,we introduce the AGC-MEC architecture and elaborate three typical use cases.Then,we discuss four main challenges in the AGC-MEC as well as their potential solutions.Next,we conduct a case study of collaborative service placement for AGC-MEC to validate the effectiveness of the proposed collaborative service placement strategy.Finally,we highlight several potential research directions of the AGC-MEC.

Optimized air-ground data fusion method for mine slope modeling

Refined 3D modeling of mine slopes is pivotal for precise prediction of geological hazards.Aiming at the inadequacy of existing single modeling methods in comprehensively representing the overall and localized characteristics of mining slopes,this study introduces a new method that fuses model data from Unmanned aerial vehicles(UAV)tilt photogrammetry and 3D laser scanning through a data alignment algorithm based on control points.First,the mini batch K-Medoids algorithm is utilized to cluster the point cloud data from ground 3D laser scanning.Then,the elbow rule is applied to determine the optimal cluster number(K0),and the feature points are extracted.Next,the nearest neighbor point algorithm is employed to match the feature points obtained from UAV tilt photogrammetry,and the internal point coordinates are adjusted through the distanceweighted average to construct a 3D model.Finally,by integrating an engineering case study,the K0 value is determined to be 8,with a matching accuracy between the two model datasets ranging from 0.0669 to 1.0373 mm.Therefore,compared with the modeling method utilizing K-medoids clustering algorithm,the new modeling method significantly enhances the computational efficiency,the accuracy of selecting the optimal number of feature points in 3D laser scanning,and the precision of the 3D model derived from UAV tilt photogrammetry.This method provides a research foundation for constructing mine slope model.

Green Air-Ground Integrated Heterogeneous Network in 6G Era

The research of three-dimensional integrated communication technology plays a key role in achieving the ubiquitous connectivity,ultra-high data rates,and emergency communications in the sixth generation(6G)networks.Aerial networking provides a prom⁃ising solution to flexible,scalable,low-cost and reliable coverage for wireless devices.The integration of aerial network and terrestrial network has been an inevitable paradigm in the 6G era.However,energy-efficient communications and networking among aerial net⁃work and terrestrial network face great challenges.This paper is dedicated to discussing green communications of the air-ground integrated heterogeneous network(AGIHN).We first provide a brief introduction to the characteristics of AGIHN in 6G networks.Further,we analyze the challenges of green AGIHN from the aspects of green terrestrial networks and green aerial networks.Finally,several solutions to and key technologies of the green AGIHN are discussed.

Self-organizing strategy design and validation forintegrated air-ground detection swarm

A self-organized integrated air-ground detection swarmis tentatively applied to achieve reentry vehicle landing detection,such as searching and rescuing a manned spaceship. The detectionswarm consists of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles （UAVs）and unmanned ground vehicles （UGVs）. The UAVs can accessa detected object quickly for high mobility, while the UGVs cancomprehensively investigate the object due to the variety of carriedequipment. In addition, the integrated air-ground detectionswarm is capable of detecting from the ground and the air simultaneously.To accomplish the coordination of the UGVs andUAVs, they are all regarded as individuals of the artificial swarm.Those individuals make control decisions independently of othersbased on the self-organizing strategy. The overall requirements forthe detection swarm are analyzed, and the theoretical model ofthe self-organizing strategy based on a combined individual andenvironmental virtual function is established. The numerical investigationproves that the self-organizing strategy is suitable andscalable to control the detection swarm. To further inspect the engineeringreliability, an experiment set is established in laboratory,and the experimental demonstration shows that the self-organizingstrategy drives the detection swarm forming a close range and multiangularsurveillance configuration of a landing spot.

FACT:An Air-Ground Communication Framework for Seeding Quality Control of Aircraft

A new type of air-ground communication application framework named FACT(framework for air-ground communication technology with weather-modification aircraft)is presented to track and command weather-modification aircraft to perform ideal cloud seeding.FACT provides a set of solutions from three perspectives,namely,onboard,onground and air-to-ground,with the core purpose of solving the problems of the rapid exchange of information,contract analysis and identifying potential seeding areas when flight plans and meteorological conditions change.On board,the observed data are processed centrally and transmitted downward through air-to-ground communication.The real-time application and sharing of aircraft detection data are strengthened on the ground,and potential areas of operation are automatically identified based on ground data.The communication between the air and the ground achieves a technical breakthrough by realizing double satellite links,adaptive data transmission and VPN channel encryption.Additionally,an application based on FACT is designed and implemented for the real-time command of weather-modified aircraft.This approach has become the key air-to-ground communication system support for more than 40 Chinese aircraft and the big data service support center of airborne data to ensure improved operation of weather-modification aircraft in China.

Air-Ground Temperature Coupling: Analysis by Means of Thermal Orbits

Long-term measurements of air, near-surface (soil) and ground temperatures that were collected between 1994 and 2013 at the drill site of the Geothermal Climate Change Observatory (Prague) were analyzed to understand the relationship between these variables and to reveal the mechanisms of heat transport at the land-atmosphere boundary layer. The 2D Thermal Orbit (TO) method was applied to detect regularities that were hidden in noisy and highly variable temperature time series. The results showed that the temperatures at shallow depths were affected by surface air temperature (SAT) variations on seasonal and annual time scales and could be regarded as an accurate proxy for low frequency temperature variations at the Earth’s surface. Only low-frequency/ high-amplitude surface temperature variations penetrate into the subsurface because of strong damping and the filtering effect of the ground surface. The borehole temperatures have good potential to capture temperature variations (periodicities) over long time scales that cannot be detected in the SAT series themselves because of the interference of higher frequency noise. The TO technique is a useful and powerful tool to quickly obtain diagnostics of the presence of long periodicities in borehole temperature time series.

铁路地质灾害勘察识别与监测预警

地质灾害对铁路建设、安全运营构成了极大威胁,“天空地”一体化综合勘察技术有效解决了地质灾害勘察识别难题。“天”基多源立体卫星遥感技术实现艰险复杂山区地质灾害的大范围精准判识,长时序InSAR与高精度GPS实现高陡岸坡的稳定性监测分析;“空”基真实感大场景、机载倾斜摄影和机载LiDAR扫描技术实现高植被覆盖区隐蔽性地质灾害判识;“地”基三维立体勘探技术获取岩土体结构、属性、参数;共同构建沟谷山地灾害链风险评价方案,为建设工程合理选址和工程设置提供依据。介绍地质灾害监测预警的方法、内容、技术和预警模型,对监测预警技术发展方向进行展望。

卫星遥感水利应用进展与展望

监测感知数据是构建数字孪生水利体系的基础,卫星遥感是重要的监测感知手段。随着我国航天事业的蓬勃发展,依托国家科技重大专项、国家重点研发计划等科研项目开展技术攻关,以及国家防汛抗旱指挥系统工程等重大项目的推广应用,水利部构建了“采存算用全自主、遥感处理全链条、主要业务全覆盖、应用服务全贯通”的卫星遥感水利应用技术体系。卫星遥感技术在数字孪生水利数据底板建设、流域防洪、水资源管理与调配、河湖管理、水土保持、水利工程监测监管等业务工作中得到了广泛应用,发挥了显著成效。未来将从持续拓展卫星遥感影像资源、深度融合人工智能技术、强化“天空地”协同监测融合应用等方面,推动卫星遥感水利应用,赋能水利业务。

面向密集场景的空天地网络资源分配算法

空天地网络具有覆盖范围大、吞吐量高、弹性强等优点。该文针对大量用户并发接入、网络负载不均衡所引发的网络拥塞、服务质量恶化等问题,提出一种面向密集场景的资源分配算法。首先以用户需求为中心,根据不同类型用户任务的偏好来构建用户效用函数,然后基于匹配博弈的网络选择算法和结合对偶上升法的功率控制算法来实现负载均衡,优化资源分配方案。实验表明,相较于传统策略,所提策略整体用户接入率至少提高35%,时延和吞吐量方面性能提升超过50%;在密集场景下,能更有效地均衡负载,提升网络性能。

空地协同通信感知一体化系统的轨迹与资源分配联合优化

该文研究空地协同通信感知一体化系统,其中无人车(UGV)基站和无人机(UAV)中继集群组成空地协同网络,为用户提供通信服务,同时对目标区域进行探测感知。在更加准确的莱斯衰落信道模型下,研究联合优化无人机集群的通信感知关联、发射功率和飞行轨迹以及无人车基站的发射功率和行进轨迹,在目标区域感知频率和有效感知功率阈值的约束下,最大化用户最小平均通信速率。为了解决变量高度耦合且非凸的整数优化问题,首先利用块坐标下降法将原问题分解成4个子问题;接着引入松弛变量并将整数约束转化为惩罚项,然后证明莱斯信道下的有效感知功率是关于轨迹变量和松弛变量凸复合函数的联合凸函数;再利用连续凸优化法处理非凸项,并提出一种双层迭代算法高效求解次优解。仿真结果表明,与几种基准方案相比,所提优化算法在相同感知性能下,提高了用户最小平均通信速率,更好地实现了通信与感知性能之间的权衡,并具有良好的收敛性。

空地协同场景下具有隐私保护的高效异构认证方案

在空地协同场景下车辆与无人机频繁通信存在异构认证效率低、隐私容易泄露、计算开销较大等问题,为此提出高效的异构认证方案.设计基于Schnorr签名和物理不可克隆函数的高效异构认证协议以抵抗克隆攻击、物理攻击和重放攻击等安全威胁;设计基于模糊提取器和身份令牌的车辆假名生成方法,在保护用户隐私的同时准确追溯恶意车辆的身份信息,实现有条件的隐私保护;设计基于密钥共享的切换认证协议,减少认证过程中的计算量,降低认证过程中无人机的能量消耗.实验结果表明,所提方案有效提高了车辆与无人机认证效率,与现有方案相比,平均降低了54.8%的计算开销.

协同空地数据的城市森林冠层结构预测物种多样性潜势研究——以哈尔滨市为例

本研究基于“空地”数据联岛的城市森林结构多样性监测技术,准确估算了林分尺度结构多样性参数,量化了森林高度、覆盖与开放度、外部与内部异质性特征,探讨了其对物种多样性的预测能力。结果表明:①覆盖与开放度、内部和外部异质性特征对物种多样性具有较高的预测能力(0.07<R^(2)<0.47);②结合所有结构多样性指标的模型对物种丰富度的预测能力更优(R^(2)=0.58,ΔAIC=0),仅包括覆盖与开放度指标的模型对香浓多样性指数(Shannonwiener)的预测能力更优(R^(2)=0.40,ΔAIC=0),仅包括外部异质性指标的模型对辛普森指数(Simpson)的预测能力更优(R^(2)=0.49,ΔAIC=0);③不同物种丰富度水平显著影响结构多样性参数与Shannon-wiener和Simpson的动态相关程度与相关关系,结构多样性特征联合调优的参数组合(GFP+VCI+Entropy)对预测物种多样性具有较好的潜力(0.48<R^(2)<0.56)。研究基于结构多样性空地监测推进森林生态系统正向演替的知识决策,为有效提升城市森林物种多样性提供科学依据。

面向月球科研站任务的地月准实时遥操作模拟验证系统设计与关键技术研究

针对月球科研站任务地月遥操作需求和特点,设计地月准实时遥操作模拟验证系统,对其中的关键技术海量多尺度遥感数据环境感知、空地协同高精度定位、基于混合现实的预测仿真等进行了研究。提出了基于海量多尺度遥感数据的联合处理方法,环境感知数据融合可处理米级至厘米级环境感知结果;设计基于空地多运动平台协同定位的原型软件,空地协同地标约束下,定位精度不低于轨道器影像1个像素;开发了带有力觉反馈的预测仿真验证平台,在2~3 s变时延约束下可在仿真环境下协同演示遥操作过程,真实还原从端的遥操作作业场景,提高遥操作的执行效率和安全性。为地面人员的方案设计、操作手训练、故障处置等提供实时支持,为我国未来实施月球科研站任务筑牢基础。

基于深度强化学习的空天地一体化网络资源分配算法

空天地一体化网络(SAGIN)通过提高地面网络的资源利用率可以有效满足多种业务类型的通信需求,然而忽略了系统的自适应能力和鲁棒性及不同用户的服务质量(QoS)。针对这一问题,该文提出在空天地一体化网络架构下,面向城区和郊区通信的深度强化学习(DRL)资源分配算法。基于第3代合作伙伴计划(3GPP)标准中定义的用户参考信号接收功率(RSRP),考虑地面同频干扰情况,以不同域中基站的时频资源作为约束条件,构建了最大化系统用户的下行吞吐量优化问题。利用深度Q网络(DQN)算法求解该优化问题时,定义了能够综合考虑用户服务质量需求、系统自适应能力及系统鲁棒性的奖励函数。仿真结果表明,综合考虑无人驾驶汽车,沉浸式服务及普通移动终端通信业务需求时,表征系统性能的奖励函数值在2 000次迭代下,相较于贪婪算法提升了39.1%;对于无人驾驶汽车业务,利用DQN算法进行资源分配后,相比于贪婪算法,丢包数平均下降38.07%,时延下降了6.05%。

面向6G全域融合的智能接入关键技术综述

针对空天地一体化接入网络,该文在总结相关研究的基础上,阐述了未来空天地一体化接入架构的关键技术,分析了空口技术、多址技术、干扰分析、计算技术和人工智能(AI)技术等几个重点方向的研究进展,提出了多种接入形式并存的灵活性网络架构。针对6G全域融合网络接入的重点研究问题,结合用户的服务质量需求,构建了一体化AI赋能架构,提出了大规模混合多址接入及弹性资源适配策略。基于网络架构立体化、网络协同传输、一体化网络资源管理、未来空天地接入技术以及网络协同计算等未来重点研究方向进行了讨论和展望。

2023年国外空地导弹发展动态研究

2023年,世界军事强国大力投资并积极推动空地导弹的研发和实战化应用。本文对国外典型空地导弹的最新发展动态进行了总结,如美国的AGM-158联合空面防区外导弹(JASSM)、防区内攻击武器(SiAW)、AGM-183A高超声速导弹、AGM-182A高超声速攻击巡航导弹(HACM),英国的“矛”(SPEAR)导弹,俄罗斯的Kh-38多用途导弹、“匕首”高超声速导弹,以色列的“破冰者”(Ice Breaker)导弹等。同时对国外空地导弹的体系化协同作战、低成本系列化发展、电磁作战能力、高超声速领域激烈的竞争态势、打造数字工程生态系统等发展特点进行了总结和分析。

空地一体遥感技术在轨道交通安全保护区巡查中的应用

随着城市轨道交通建设的不断发展,轨道交通沿线安全保护区巡查工作的范围越来越大,内容越来越多,区域内的情况越来越复杂。针对存在的问题,本文构建了一套空地一体的遥感综合监测体系,在巡查工作中引入航空摄影测量、低空无人机监测、车载全景扫描、定点实时监控等多种遥感监测技术及DSM差分计算、深度学习智能识别等多种数据处理技术,并以上海为例开展应用实践。结果表明,本文方法具有可行性,对建立全覆盖、高频次、智能化的巡查模式有参考借鉴价值。

空气舵抖振载荷地面模拟试验技术研究

固体火箭的空气舵在挂机飞行中受到抖振载荷作用,出现了异常偏转现象,需要通过地面试验排查原因,并开展抖振载荷适应性考核。由于传统的试验方法未能复现故障,本文提出了一种新的抖振载荷地面模拟试验新技术,通过挂机飞行舵面实测数据计算舵面抖振载荷,并基于优化算法完成地面模拟试验条件制定,通过多激振器联合激励方法来完成抖振载荷加载。该试验技术在地面试验中成功实现了产品故障复现,大幅提高试验考核的真实性,该研究结果可以推广应用到其它舵产品气动载荷地面考核中。

面向空天地一体化网络的抗干扰技术研究

空天地一体化网络是实现全域通信和提供网络互联互通服务需求的重要基础设施之一。在未来的强对抗干扰环境中,确保其数据传输的有效性与可靠性对于维护国家安全具有重要意义。针对空天地一体化网络的对抗性的环境特点,探讨了在时频域和空域实现抗干扰的潜在应用与关键技术,并提出了对空天地一体化网络的综合思考。最后展望未来,以期为后续研究和实际应用提供方向性指导。

空地一体化测绘多无人机飞行协同控制方法

针对多无人机在协同编队飞行过程中通信信息利用率低,导致无人机轨迹规划效果差、效率低等问题,本文提出了一种空地一体化测绘多无人机飞行协同控制方法。利用A*算法改进一致性算法,对多个共同飞行的无人机实行任务分配,通过改进的一致性算法实行轨迹规划。根据无人机航向角、飞行高度和速度等信息,对无人机进行编队控制,实现多无人机飞行协同控制。实验结果表明:所提方法避障效果较优,适用于各类对多无人机控制精度要求较高的工作。