Electric Vehicles Analysis inside Electric Mobility Looking for Energy Efficient and Sustainable Metropolis

This paper aims to study and evaluate electric mobility over time, focusing on the development of the electric car. Methodologically, in order to accomplish this intent, the characterization of the electric vehicle (EV) is made based on the variables which determine its performance, such as: assessment of speeds, distance traveled, analysis of facts related to the energy source (electro-chemical accumulators) and analysis of the determining system of electric mobility (the electric engine as a function of power (W) and voltage (V)). This way, to demonstrate the effects of time, this process will be analyzed from the beginning of the 20th century (1930s) to the present (the first decade of the 21st century), methodologically structured in 4 cycles that show the performance of the EV. The results show the existence of vulnerabilities and of electric mobility potential, as well as the nuances of the development of the electric vehicle along the years and along the transformations in what is considered state-of-the-art. Thus, in the case of batteries, it is evident that the lithium-ion type used nowadays reveals better results due to its higher specific efficient energy, which maximizes energy autonomy to 200 km. In the beginning, the insertion of the electric vehicle was commercially harmed by the fundamental limitations of batteries as a power source. Conclusively, on certain occasions there have been improvements in the aerodynamics, engines, weight and size of the batteries, demonstrating the maturity of EVs.

Unmanned aerial vehicle based intelligent triage system in mass-casualty incidents using 5G and artificial intelligence

BACKGROUND:Rapid on-site triage is critical after mass-casualty incidents(MCIs)and other mass injury events.Unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs)have been used in MCIs to search and rescue wounded individuals,but they mainly depend on the UAV operator’s experience.We used UAVs and artificial intelligence(AI)to provide a new technique for the triage of MCIs and more efficient solutions for emergency rescue.METHODS:This was a preliminary experimental study.We developed an intelligent triage system based on two AI algorithms,namely OpenPose and YOLO.Volunteers were recruited to simulate the MCI scene and triage,combined with UAV and Fifth Generation(5G)Mobile Communication Technology real-time transmission technique,to achieve triage in the simulated MCI scene.RESULTS:Seven postures were designed and recognized to achieve brief but meaningful triage in MCIs.Eight volunteers participated in the MCI simulation scenario.The results of simulation scenarios showed that the proposed method was feasible in tasks of triage for MCIs.CONCLUSION:The proposed technique may provide an alternative technique for the triage of MCIs and is an innovative method in emergency rescue.

IRS Assisted UAV Communications against Proactive Eavesdropping in Mobile Edge Computing Networks

In this paper,we consider mobile edge computing(MEC)networks against proactive eavesdropping.To maximize the transmission rate,IRS assisted UAV communications are applied.We take the joint design of the trajectory of UAV,the transmitting beamforming of users,and the phase shift matrix of IRS.The original problem is strong non-convex and difficult to solve.We first propose two basic modes of the proactive eavesdropper,and obtain the closed-form solution for the boundary conditions of the two modes.Then we transform the original problem into an equivalent one and propose an alternating optimization(AO)based method to obtain a local optimal solution.The convergence of the algorithm is illustrated by numerical results.Further,we propose a zero forcing(ZF)based method as sub-optimal solution,and the simulation section shows that the proposed two schemes could obtain better performance compared with traditional schemes.

Energy Efficiency Maximization in Mobile Edge Computing Networks via IRS assisted UAV Communications

In this paper,we investigate the energy efficiency maximization for mobile edge computing(MEC)in intelligent reflecting surface(IRS)assisted unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)communications.In particular,UAVcan collect the computing tasks of the terrestrial users and transmit the results back to them after computing.We jointly optimize the users’transmitted beamforming and uploading ratios,the phase shift matrix of IRS,and the UAV trajectory to improve the energy efficiency.The formulated optimization problem is highly non-convex and difficult to be solved directly.Therefore,we decompose the original problem into three sub-problems.We first propose the successive convex approximation(SCA)based method to design the beamforming of the users and the phase shift matrix of IRS,and apply the Lagrange dual method to obtain a closed-form expression of the uploading ratios.For the trajectory optimization,we propose a block coordinate descent(BCD)based method to obtain a local optimal solution.Finally,we propose the alternating optimization(AO)based overall algorithmand analyzed its complexity to be equivalent or lower than existing algorithms.Simulation results show the superiority of the proposedmethod compared with existing schemes in energy efficiency.

Development of IoT Based Mobile Robot for Automated Guided Vehicle Application

Mobile robot has been one of the researches focuses in this era due to the demands in automation.Many industry players have been using mobile robot in their industrial plant for the purpose of reducing manual labour as well as ensuring more efficient and systematic process.The mobile robot for industrial usage is typically called as Automated Guided Vehicle(AGV).The advances in the navigation technology allows the AGV to be used for many tasks such as for carrying load to pre-determined locations sent from mobile app,stock management and pallet handling.More recently,the concept of Industry 4.0 has been widely practiced in the industries,where important process data are exchange over the internet for an improved management.This paper will therefore discuss the development of Internet of Things(IoT)bases mobile robot for AGV application.In this project a mobile robot platform is designed and fabricated.The robot is controlled to navigate from one location to another using line following mechanism.Mobile App is designed to communicate with the robot through the Internet of Things(IoT).RFID tags are used to identify the locations predetermined by user.The results show that the prototype is able to follow line and go to any location that was preregistered from the App through the IoT.The mobile robot is also able to avoid collision and any obstacles that exist on its way to perform any task inside the workplace.

Resource Load Prediction of Internet of Vehicles Mobile Cloud Computing

Load-time series data in mobile cloud computing of Internet of Vehicles(IoV)usually have linear and nonlinear composite characteristics.In order to accurately describe the dynamic change trend of such loads,this study designs a load prediction method by using the resource scheduling model for mobile cloud computing of IoV.Firstly,a chaotic analysis algorithm is implemented to process the load-time series,while some learning samples of load prediction are constructed.Secondly,a support vector machine(SVM)is used to establish a load prediction model,and an improved artificial bee colony(IABC)function is designed to enhance the learning ability of the SVM.Finally,a CloudSim simulation platform is created to select the perminute CPU load history data in the mobile cloud computing system,which is composed of 50 vehicles as the data set;and a comparison experiment is conducted by using a grey model,a back propagation neural network,a radial basis function(RBF)neural network and a RBF kernel function of SVM.As shown in the experimental results,the prediction accuracy of the method proposed in this study is significantly higher than other models,with a significantly reduced real-time prediction error for resource loading in mobile cloud environments.Compared with single-prediction models,the prediction method proposed can build up multidimensional time series in capturing complex load time series,fit and describe the load change trends,approximate the load time variability more precisely,and deliver strong generalization ability to load prediction models for mobile cloud computing resources.

轿车板MOBILITY特性对阻尼垫位置影响分析

利用分析板MOBILITY特性的方法,优选阻尼垫位置。首先通过建立轿车板MOBILITY模型,然后在前后塔形支座加载类随机载荷,对比分析添加阻尼垫前后车身主要板件MOBILITY特性变化,优化阻尼垫位置,并通过实验验证了方法的可行性,为合理布置阻尼垫位置提供参考。

Routing Protocol for Heterogeneous FANETs with Mobility Prediction

In recent years,with the growth in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles(UAVs),UAV-based systems have become popular in both military and civil applications.In these scenarios,the lack of reliable communication infrastructure has motivated UAVs to establish a network as flying nodes,also known as Flying Ad Hoc Networks(FANETs).However,in FANETs,the high mobility degree of flying and terrestrial users may be responsible for constant changes in the network topology,making end-to-end connections in FANETs challenging.Mobility estimation and prediction of UAVs can address the challenge mentioned above since it can provide better routing planning and improve overall FANET performance in terms of continuous service availability.We thus develop a Software Defined Network(SDN)-based heterogeneous architecture for reliable communication in FANETs.In this architecture,we apply an Extended Kalman Filter(EKF)for accurate mobility estimation and prediction of UAVs.In particular,we formulate the routing problem in SDN-based Heterogeneous FANETs as a graph decision problem.As the problem is NP-hard,we further propose a Directional Particle Swarming Optimization(DPSO)approach to solve it.The extensive simulation results demonstrate that the proposed DPSO routing can exhibit superior performance in improving the goodput,packet delivery ratio,and delay.

A Reliable Routing Algorithm with Network Coding in Internet of Vehicles

The intelligent vehicle network uses advanced information technology to establish an efficient integrated vehicle transport system, which has received great attention in industry and academia, lnternet of Vehicles （loV） in an urban environment is operated in a wireless environment with high bit error rate and interference. In addition, the wireless link between vehicles is likely to be lost. All of this makes it an important challenge to provide reliable mobile routing in an urban traffic environment. In this paper, a reliable routing algorithm with network coding （RR_ NC） is proposed to solve the above problems. A routing node sequence is discovered in IoV from source to destination by multi-metric ant colony optimization algorithm （MACO）, and then clusters are formed around every node in the sequence. By adding linear encoding into the transmission of data between vehicle＇s clusters, the RR_NC provides much more reliable transmission and can recover the original message in the event of disorder and loss of message. Simulations are taken under different scenarios, and the results prove that this novel algorithm can deliver the information more reliably between vehicles in real-time with lower data loss and communication overhead.

A Robust Hybrid Multisource Data Fusion Approach for Vehicle Localization

In this paper, an innovative collaborative data fusion approach to ego-vehicle localization is presented. This approach called Optimized Kalman Swarm (OKS) is a data fusion and filtering method, fusing data from a low cost GPS, an INS, an Odometer and a Steering wheel angle encoder. The OKS is developed addressing the challenge of managing reactivity and robustness during a real time ego-localization process. For ego-vehicle localization, especially for highly dynamic on-road maneuvers, a filter needs to be robust and reactive at the same time. In these situations, the balance between reactivity and robustness concepts is crucial. The OKS filter represents an intelligent cooperative-reactive localization algorithm inspired by dynamic Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO). It combines advantages coming from two filters: Particle Filter (PF) and Extended Kalman filter (EKF). The OKS is tested using real embedded sensors data collected in the Satory’s test tracks. The OKS is also compared with both the well-known EKF and the Particle Filters (PF). The results show the efficiency of the OKS for a high dynamic driving scenario with damaged and low quality GPS data.

IoT-Cloud Empowered Aerial Scene Classification for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Recent trends in communication technologies and unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs)find its application in several areas such as healthcare,surveillance,transportation,etc.Besides,the integration of Internet of things(IoT)with cloud computing environment offers several benefits for the UAV communication.At the same time,aerial scene classification is one of the major research areas in UAV-enabledMEC systems.In UAV aerial imagery,efficient image representation is crucial for the purpose of scene classification.The existing scene classification techniques generate mid-level image features with limited representation capabilities that often end up in producing average results.Therefore,the current research work introduces a new DL-enabled aerial scene classificationmodel forUAV-enabledMECsystems.The presented model enables theUAVs to capture aerial imageswhich are then transmitted to MEC for further processing.Next,CapsuleNetwork(CapsNet)-based feature extraction technique is applied to derive a set of useful feature vectors from the aerial image.It is important to have an appropriate hyperparameter tuning strategy,since manual parameter tuning of DL model tend to produce several configuration errors.In order to achieve this and to determine the hyperparameters of CapsNetmodel,Shuffled Shepherd Optimization(SSO)algorithm is implemented.Finally,Backpropagation Neural Network(BPNN)classification model is applied to determine the appropriate class labels of aerial images.The performance of SSO-CapsNet model was validated against two openly-accessible datasets namely,UC Merced(UCM)Land Use dataset andWHU-RS dataset.The proposed SSO-CapsNet model outperformed the existing state-of-the-art methods and achieved maximum accuracy of 0.983,precision of 0.985,recall of 0.982,and F-score of 0.983.

The Development of Self-Balancing Controller for One-Wheeled Vehicles

The purpose of this study is to develop a self-balancing controller (SBC) for one-wheeled vehicles (OWVs). The composition of the OWV system includes: a DSP motion card, a wheel motor, and its driver. In addition, a tilt and a gyro, for sensing the angle and angular velocity of the body slope, are used to realize self-balancing controls. OWV, a kind of unicycle robot, can be dealt with as a mobile-inverted-pendulum system for its instability. However, for its possible applications in mobile carriers or robots, it is worth being further developed. In this study, first, the OWV system model will be derived. Next, through the simulations based on the mathematical model, the analysis of system stability and controllability can be evaluated. Last, a concise and realizable method, through system pole-placement and linear quadratic regulator (LQR), will be proposed to design the SBC. The effectiveness, reliability, and feasibility of the proposal will be con- firmed through simulation studies and experimenting on a physical OWV.

The On-Vehicle Inspection System Based on Passive UHF RFID

This article introduces a design theory of vehicle-related management in forms of system linkage in a certain close environment.It analyses the technology advantages,working principles,system structures and design solutions of the scene inspection system based on passive UHF RFID technology,which has functions of data capturing,image collection,wireless data transmission and provision of warning alerts.The system enables scene disposal of vehicle-related management in a specific environment,people management in large-scale events and management of important materials.The system has the capability of rapid network connection and scene inspection especially in emergencies and public security affairs,in which advance deployment is normally inefficient.The system has been successfully applied in the vehicle safety monitoring system in the 2010 Shanghai World Expo Park.

OKPS: A Reactive/Cooperative Multi-Sensors Data Fusion Approach Designed for Robust Vehicle Localization

This paper presents the Optimized Kalman Particle Swarm (OKPS) filter. This filter results from two years of research and improves the Swarm Particle Filter (SPF). The OKPS has been designed to be both cooperative and reactive. It combines the advantages of the Particle Filter (PF) and the metaheuristic Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) for ego-vehicles localization applications. In addition to a simple fusion between the swarm optimization and the particular filtering (which leads to the Swarm Particle Filter), the OKPS uses some attributes of the Extended Kalman filter (EKF). The OKPS filter innovates by fitting its particles with a capacity of self-diagnose by means of the EKF covariance uncertainty matrix. The particles can therefore evolve by exchanging information to assess the optimized position of the ego-vehicle. The OKPS fuses data coming from embedded sensors (low cost INS, GPS and Odometer) to perform a robust ego-vehicle positioning. The OKPS is compared to the EKF filter and to filters using particles (PF and SPF) on real data from our equipped vehicle.

Vehicle-to-Grid Technology： State-of-the-Art and Future Scenarios

An overview of V2G （vehicle-to-grid） technology is presented in this paper, it aims to highlight the main features, opportunities and requirements of V2G. Thus, after briefly resuming the most popular charging strategies lbr PEVs （plug-in electric vehicles）, the V2G concept is introduced, especially highlighting its potentiality as a revenue opportunity ｜br PEV owners： this is mainly due to the V2G ability to provide ancillary services, such as load leveling, regulation and reserve. Such solutions have been thoroughly investigated in the literature from both the economic and technical points of view and are here reported. In addition, V2G requirements such as mobility needs, charging stations availability and appropriate PEV aggregative architectures are properly taken into account. Finally, future developments and scenarios have also been reported.

一种面向多任务的无人机辅助的通信网络资源分配与轨迹优化研究

装载各种有效荷载的无人机(UAV)能够实现传感、通信和计算等多任务,因而常被部署到数据采集(DA)和辅助计算等领域。但是到目前为止,绝大多数研究仅专注于单一功能的无人机辅助的通信网络资源分配与轨迹优化,对于面向多任务的资源分配和轨迹优化问题还未解决。为此,该文提出一种综合考虑无人机数据采集、数据广播以及计算任务卸载的无人机辅助的通信网络资源优化的分配策略,旨在通过联合优化传输占空比、用户发射功率与无人机轨迹,在满足目标位置采集数据实时广播的前提下,最大化用户卸载量。为了解决多变量耦合优化问题,提出了基于块坐标下降(BCD)和连续凸逼近(SCA)的高效迭代优化算法,将耦合优化问题分解为3个子问题进行迭代优化。最后,大量仿真结果表明,该算法在公平性和总卸载计算量方面都优于其他测试方案。

考虑信息年龄的无人机辅助智能交通系统计算卸载优化

该文考虑无人机(UAV)交通监测与移动边缘计算(MEC)技术结合的智能交通系统。为了保障系统中数据时效性并且降低系统能耗,提出计及信息年龄(AoI)的UAV计算卸载优化方法。首先,建立UAV辅助的MEC系统模型,允许MEC服务器缓存常用的应用程序并为UAV提供计算卸载,以支持UAV执行交通监测任务。通过联合优化UAV任务卸载决策、UAV上下行通信带宽分配以及被卸载任务的计算资源分配,最小化所有UAV与MEC服务器的总能耗,同时满足AoI与资源容量等约束条件。其次,系统能耗最小化问题是混合整数非凸优化问题,因此采用离散化和线性化手段,快速获得问题的近似最优解,并设计离散点生成算法来调节近似误差。最后,仿真结果表明,即使对于大型的非凸问题,所提方法也能够快速得到近似最优解,并且可以在不同的任务场景中满足AoI等约束条件,最大限度降低系统能耗。仿真结果验证了所提方法的有效性。

电动汽车集中型充电站选址定容模型

针对充电和换电等单一模式的盲目建设,规划不集中带来的资源利用率低与部分充电需求得不到满足等问题,本文提出一种考虑充电和换电与移动充电的多种充电模式下集中型充电站选址与定容方法。首先,分析不同类型电动汽车的充电行为特性,模拟得到规划区域的充电需求分布;然后,基于最近距离原则采用排队论方法计算电动汽车充电损耗成本,优化移动充电设备自充电时刻,求得电动汽车自充电成本;最后,以集中型充电站建设维护成本、用户损失成本及设备自充电成本总和最小为目标建立选址定容模型,结合某城市部分实际道路网为研究区域,采用遗传算法求解模型,确定规划区域内集中型充电站建设数量、位置及不同设备的配置数量。结果表明:规划区域内建设8座集中型充电站总成本达到最低,充电需求车辆数量与充电功率变化对集中型充电站成本均有较大影响,且优化移动充电设备自充电调度管理,可降低集中型充电站高峰时期32.62%的电网负荷,提高了电网稳定性。

基于异步深度强化学习的车联网协作卸载策略

随着车联网(IoV)的快速发展,智能网联汽车产生了大量延迟敏感型和计算密集型任务,有限的车辆计算资源以及传统的云服务模式无法满足车载用户的需求,移动边缘计算(MEC)为解决海量数据的任务卸载提供了一种有效范式。但在考虑多任务、多用户场景时,由于车辆位置、任务种类以及车辆密度的实时性和动态变化,IoV中任务卸载场景复杂度较高,卸载过程中容易出现边缘资源分配不均衡、通信成本开销过大、算法收敛慢等问题。为解决以上问题,重点研究了IoV中多任务、多用户移动场景中的多边缘服务器协同任务卸载策略。首先,提出一种多边缘协同处理的三层异构网络模型,针对IoV中不断变化的环境,引入动态协作簇,将卸载问题转化为时延和能耗的联合优化问题;其次,将问题分为卸载决策和资源分配两个子问题,其中资源分配问题又拆分为面向边缘服务器和传输带宽的资源分配,并基于凸优化理论求解。为了寻求最优卸载决策集,提出一种能在协作簇中处理连续问题的多边缘协作深度确定性策略梯度(MC-DDPG)算法,并在此基础上设计了一种异步多边缘协作深度确定性策略梯度(AMCDDPG)算法,通过将协作簇中的训练参数异步上传至云端进行全局更新,再将更新结果返回每个协作簇中提高收敛速度。仿真结果显示,AMC-DDPG算法较DDPG算法至少提高了30%的收敛速度,且在奖励和总成本等方面也取得了较好的效果。

移动充放电设施技术及其规划与运营研究综述

目前,充放电需求区域性、时段性短缺,固定充电设施存在总量不足、扩容难、利用率低等问题,移动充电设施因其移动便捷性,受到广泛关注。阐明移动充放电设施的8种典型应用场景,阐述了“智能插座+移动充电桩”、不带储能装置的移动充电车、带储能装置的移动充放电车3种移动充放电设施类型。分析规划布局、调度运行、运营模式与价格机制、关键组件以及安全等关键技术。针对移动模式选取等7个关键方面对移动充放电设施的发展模式进行总结和展望。