Lane-Based Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management [electronic resource] / by David Sacharny, Thomas C. Henderson.

Overview of UAS Economic Impact and Current State of Affairs -- Status of FAA-NASA UTM Approach -- Overview of Lane-Based Method -- Lane Network Creation and Spatial Network Measures -- Strategic Deconfliction (making sure flights are safe!) -- Monitoring UAS Flights and Rogue Detection -- Comparison of FAA-NASA vs Lane-Based Method -- Contingency Handling (when things go wrong) -- Agent Based Modeling and Simulation of UTM-UAS Systems -- UAS Supply Delivery in Earthquake Scenario -- UAS Coalition Forces Coordination Scenario.

The age of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) is upon us, and in ushering new ways to connect and travel, this wave of technology has been compared to GPS and cloud computing. However, new technologies like AAM require tools to build, expand, and understand the capabilities. This book describes an effective and efficient, complete solution to the large-scale, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) traffic management problem. The authors present a detailed perspective and solutions to some of the major problems involved in coordinating thousands of autonomous vehicles including: virtual highway (lane) creation, strategic deconfliction of flights, dynamic deconfliction, UAS agent behavior learning, anomalous trajectory detection and classification, as well as a set of simulation results for a variety of scenarios (city package delivery, earthquake supply delivery, coalition force coordination through the lane reservation system, etc.). Shows how to create and manage a structured urban airspace; Provides strategic deconfliction; Enables practical application anywhere.