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A Traffic-Aware Approach For Enabling Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Uavs) In Smart City Scenarios, Hesham El-Sayed, Moumena Chaqfa, Sherali Zeadally, Deepak Puthal

Information Science Faculty Publications

In smart cities, vehicular applications require high computation capabilities and low-latency communication. Edge computing offers promising solutions for addressing these requirements because of several features, such as geo-distribution, mobility, low latency, heterogeneity, and support for real-time interactions. To employ network edges, existing fixed roadside units can be equipped with edge computing servers. Nevertheless, there are situations where additional infrastructure units are required to handle temporary high traffic loads during public events, unexpected weather conditions, or extreme traffic congestion. In such cases, the use of flying roadside units are carried by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which provide the required infrastructure for …