UTM Arbitration Across Multi-Network Infrastructure for Reliable UAS Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current unmanned traffic management (UTM) systems face limitations in effectively monitoring and managing small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) due to inadequate wireless infrastructure, particularly at low altitudes and in obstructed areas, leading to signal loss and performance degradation.
Innovation Solution
A UTM arbitration system that integrates with multiple infrastructure networks, including wireless, SATCOM, and radar, to monitor and arbitrate inconsistencies, switch between primary and secondary networks, and initiate corrective actions to ensure reliable tracking and performance of UAS, using sensors and machine learning for real-time data analysis and reconciliation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If wireless infrastructure network is used for UAS tracking, then system complexity is reduced, but reliability deteriorates due to signal loss and performance degradation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple infrastructure networks (wireless, SATCOM, radar) into a unified UTM infrastructure that can track UAS. This merging allows the system to leverage the strengths of each network type while compensating for their individual weaknesses, particularly regarding signal loss and coverage limitations.
Solution Approach 2:
The UTM infrastructure is designed to perform multiple functions across different network types. The system can switch between wireless, SATCOM, and radar networks depending on operational needs and environmental conditions, providing universal tracking capability across diverse scenarios.
2Reliability
If multiple infrastructure networks are integrated, then reliability is improved through redundancy, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a UTM arbitration system as an intermediary layer that manages the complexity of multiple infrastructure networks. This arbitration system handles network selection, monitoring, and switching, isolating the complexity from the core tracking functions and making the system more manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
The UTM infrastructure is segmented into distinct functional components: network monitoring modules, arbitration logic, and tracking execution modules. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and simplifies the overall system architecture by dividing complex functions into manageable segments.
3Ease of operation
If wireless infrastructure is used, then ease of operation is improved, but measurement precision deteriorates due to signal loss in obstructed areas
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically selects and switches between different infrastructure networks (wireless, SATCOM, radar) based on real-time conditions such as signal quality, geographic location, and environmental factors. This dynamic adaptation maintains tracking precision across varying operational conditions while preserving ease of operation through automated network selection.
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method for reliably and efficiently monitoring and arbitrating the performance of one or more UTM infrastructure systems are provided herein. The method for monitoring and arbitrating a plurality of UTM infrastructure networks involves monitoring and arbitrating a plurality of unmanned traffic management (UTM) infrastructure networks comprising integrating a UTM arbitration system between the plurality of UTM infrastructure networks, wherein the UTM arbitration system is operably configured to simultaneously monitor the UTM infrastructure networks; monitoring information and/or data associated with one or more UTM systems associated with the UTM infrastructure networks; detecting the presence or absence thereof of one or more inconsistencies in the data and/or information associated with the one or more UTM systems; and initiating a reconciliation activity in response to detecting the presence of at least one inconsistency in the data and/or information associated with the one or more UTM systems.