Due to the distinct characteristics of UAV physics and their communication networks, using a single simulator platform cannot simultaneously capture their interdependencies. On one hand, UAV simulators cannot accurately depict network features such as latency and packet loss in their underlying communications. On the other hand, network simulators cannot finely model UAV nodes and their movements; they often simplify UAV nodes to mere points and offer limited support for realistic mission-driven flight scenarios. There is a critical need for a platform capable of collaborative simulation of UAV physical and communication aspects, which is crucial for UAV testing and deployment. The collaborative simulation framework proposed in this paper integrates existing tools, utilizing AirSim as the UAV simulator, NS-3 as the network simulator, and middleware FastDDS to connect them, thereby achieving joint simulation of UAV physics and network aspects. Through experiments, we conducted performance evaluation on the average packet delay and received signal strength of drones during flight simulations on the platform.


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    Title :

    An integrated simulator for unmanned aerial vehicle co-simulation based on NS-3 and AirSim


    Contributors:
    Feng, Zhengang (editor) / Mikusova, Miroslava (editor) / Zhang, Mingze (author) / Jiang, Bo (author) / Xu, Hong (author)

    Conference:

    International Conference on Smart Transportation and City Engineering (STCE 2024) ; 2024 ; Chongqing, China


    Published in:

    Proc. SPIE ; 13575


    Publication date :

    2025-04-28





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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