CLOUD COMPUTING ON WINGS: APPLICATIONS TO AIR QUALITY

摘要

We extend the concept of cloud computing developed in the cyberworld to sensorsmounted on aircraft, creating a new paradigm called the Cloud on Wings. Under the pro-posed framework, a server hosted on an airplane is allowed to move in space and performsensing and actuation. The analog of cloud computing's virtual machine. in the Cloud onWings, is the "virtual vehicle". Virtual vehicles are hosted by real vehicles, such as com-mercial flights or unmanned air vehicles. We explore air air quality monitoring as a serviceenabled by the Cloud on Wings. We describe a low cost, low liability measurement aircraftbuilt and tested by us for measiirement in close proximity to people, our server design andimplementation f'or the Cloud on Wings, and algorithms to operate the cloud efficientlv.