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Abstract

In order to study air traffic control of UAS’s (Unmanned Aerial Systems) in very low altitudes, the UTM (UAS Traffic Management) simulator has to be as flexible and expandable as other research simulators because relevant technologies and regulations are not matured enough at this stage. Available approaches using open sources and platforms are investigated to be used in the UTM simulator. The fundamental rationale for selection is availability of necessary resources to build a UTM simulator. Integration efforts to build a UTM simulator are elaborated, using Ardupilot, MavProxi, Cesium, and VWorld, which are selected from the thorough field study. Design requirements of a UTM simulator are determined by analyzing UTM services defined by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and Eurocontrol. The UTM simulator, named eUTM, is composed of three components: UOS (UTM Operating System), UTM, and multiple GCSs (Ground Control Stations). GCSs are responsible for generation of flight paths of various UASs. UTM component copies functions of a real UTM such as monitoring and controlling air spaces. UOS provides simulation of environment such as weather, and controls the whole UTM simulator system. UOS also generates operation scenarios of UTM, and resides on the same UTM computer as an independent process. Two GCS simulators are connected to the UTM simulator in the present configuration, but the UTM simulator can be expanded to include up to 10 GCS simulators in the present design. In order to demonstrate the flexibility and expandability of eUTM simulator, several operation scenarios are realized and typical deconfliction scenarios among them are tested with a deconfliction algorithm. During the study, some limits are identified with applied open sources and platforms, which have to be resolved in order to obtain a flexible and expandable UTM simulator supporting relevant studies. Most of them are related to interfacing individual sources and platforms which use different program languages and communication drivers.

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Title
Development of a Flexible and Expandable UTM Simulator Based on Open Sources and Platforms
Author
Yoon, Sugjoon 1 ; Shin, Dongcho 2 ; Choi, Younghoon 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Park, Kyungtae 3 

 ModelSim, Inc., Rm 208, E-TON Tower III, Neungdong-ro 18, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05096, Korea 
 Agency for Defense Development, 160 Bugyuseong-daero 188 Beon-gil, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34060, Korea; [email protected] 
 LIGNex1 Co., Ltd., 333 Pangyo-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 13488, Korea; [email protected] (Y.C.); [email protected] (K.P.) 
First page
133
Publication year
2021
Publication date
2021
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
22264310
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2531366182
Copyright
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.