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Aerial-Heterogeneous Network: A Case Study Analysis on the Network Performance Under Heavy User Accumulations

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In our works, we have identified the problem of irregular capacity demand generated due to the movement of mass moving users in groups, as the Place Time Capacity (PTC), posing a significant challenge to any Network Service Provider (NSP) to manage. To address this challenge, we have proposed a suitable aerial architecture of Hovering Ad-Hoc Network (HANET) and this paper extends this concept in presenting a distinct and novel approach of Aerial-Heterogeneous Networks (Aerial-HetNets) in this paper. We first provide an overview of our works, including the concept, advantages, and features in deploying our proposed aerial architecture, and then we give an extension of our concept through the analysis of Aerial-HetNets in this paper. We perform some evaluations in solving the PTC problem using our proposed solution, for different test case scenarios and investigate the network performance under the deployment of the HANET forming an Aerial-HetNet environment. This paper, lastly, concludes by discussing the observed results and indicating the future research work.

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Abbreviations

PTC:

Place Time Capacity

NSP:

Network Service Provider

HANET:

Hovering Ad-hoc Network

HetNet:

Heterogeneous Network

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Mehta, P.L., Prasad, R. Aerial-Heterogeneous Network: A Case Study Analysis on the Network Performance Under Heavy User Accumulations. Wireless Pers Commun 96, 3765–3784 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-017-4283-3

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