Information technology for controlling the movement of UAVs in a city under the guidance of ground situation centers

Purpose. For: 1. Improving the coordination of the work of state life support systems of cities and private services is solved by technology using the special capabilities of the UAV technology park to create or develop the so-called “smart city”. Certified UAVs monitor traffic and citizen flows, the condition of city roads, the presence of emergency situations, technological and environmental events, and quickly transfer control to an automated city system for resolution. 2. To solve the problem of controlling the movement of UAVs, a system and algorithm for the interaction of the Central Control Center and the Distribution Center have been developed, coordinating the work of government systems, city, private services and the UAV technology park. 3. The problem of choosing a specific UAV to perform a task is provided with a specially developed methodology. 4. The problem of the uncontrolled movement of various UAVs in the city has been eliminated by the fact that the Central Control Center and the ACC can identify uncertified UAVs over the city and, in cooperation with government agencies, prevent their movement. 5. The problem of security for citizens has been solved by constant communication between the CSC and government services.

Specifications. 1. The structure of interaction between the UAV, the central situation center (CSC) and the regional situation center (RSC) allows the CSC information system to accumulate information about the movement of each UAV, accumulate requests for order fulfillment, make decisions, and communicate with all RSCs and everyone. necessary services. 2. The information storage and processing service is implemented through a software product under the guidance of the Apache web server using the JavaScript programming language on the open source Node.js platform. The information is stored in a MySQL database. In addition, the web service provides an API (application programming interface) for access to stored information by other elements of the automatic information system. 3. Communication between the UAV and the ACC is carried out using radio exchange in their area of ​​operation.

Application area. Research and experimental developments in the field of natural and technical sciences.

Advantages. The proposed uniqueness of information technology lies in the fact that for the first time a well-founded systematic approach to the problem of using UAVs in a “smart city” has been proposed. Much of the current approach is to use UAVs sporadically for a specific mission. The proposed technology has a systematic view of the not-so-distant future, when the number of UAVs in the air over the city will increase, and along with this, conflict between the various services using them will increase. So, in the development of a system for organizing the traffic control of a UAV technology park, all the requirements for the process of using UAVs in a metropolis have already been thought out and taken into account. The algorithm for the relationship of all involved services and customers takes into account the following: the need to certify the movement of UAVs in order to regulate it and prevent unauthorized actions; principles for constructing air routes with formalization of their purpose, taking into account adaptive control of traffic dynamics

The technical and economic effect of the technology is to improve the coordination of government systems, city life support systems, and private services through the use of the special capabilities of the UAV technology park. One of the important tasks of the UAV fleet is monitoring the city’s infrastructure with the transfer of information to the central control center for a timely and prompt response to possible dangerous techno-ecological events (TEE). This reduces the cost of restoring infrastructure damaged as a result of thermal shock (transport routes, urban development, etc.) by obtaining reliable and complete information – visual information about the condition of objects. land plots, coordinates of individual (selected for analysis) objects. In this way, the necessary financial costs for restoration can be quickly assessed. The social effect is to expand the list of services that can be provided to city citizens – delivery of mail and things using UAVs, the start of advertising campaigns, servicing festive events, etc.

Description. Technology algorithm: 1) creation of a Central Situation Center (CSC), where the decision-making center and information storage are located, a network of regional situation centers (RSC) – ground stations to cover a certain territory. RCCs are subordinate to the CSC; 2) certification of UAVs, creation of a UAV technology park; 3) the CSC receives requests via the Internet to perform UAV tasks, and decisions are made to select the required UAV; 5) ACCs simultaneously directly communicate with each UAV in its area of operation, control their area according to the CSC plan, and store temporary information; 6) ACCs transmit information along the UAV route to the control center: air route map; optimal flight route; the presence of obstacles, 7) if communication with the CSC is terminated, the RSC itself manages the traffic and fulfills requests. The UAV is constantly in the coverage area of one or more ROCs.

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