UAV Simulator

UAV-Simulator is a Python simulator for experimenting networks unmanned aerial vehicles. It requires Python 3 or greater.

Quick Start

git clone https://github.com/uavnetworkslab/uavsimulator
cd uavsimulator

pip install -r requirements.txt
python -m src.main

The simulation will start in a new window, the parameters of the simulation are set in src.utilities.config, have a look at the simulation setup in the configuration file to understand what is going on in the simulation.

Project Structure

The project has the following structure:

.
├── README.md
├── data
│   ├── tours
│   │   ├── RANDOM_missions0.json
│   │   ├── ...
│   │   └── RANDOM_missions50.json
├── requirements.txt
└── src
    ├── drawing
    │   ├── color.py
    │   ├── dyn_plots.py
    │   ├── picture.py
    │   ├── pp_draw.py
    │   └── stddraw.py
    ├── experiments
    ├── main.py
    ├── simulation
    │   └── simulator.py
    ├── utilities
    │   ├── config.py
    │   └── utilities.py
    └── world_entities
        ├── antenna.py
        ├── base_station.py
        ├── drone.py
        ├── entity.py
        └── environment.py

The entry point of the project is the src.main file, from there you can run simulations and extensive experimental campaigns, by setting up an appropriate src.simulator.Simulator object.

On a high level, the two main directories are data and src. The directory data must contain all the data of the project, like drones tours, and other input and output files of the project. The directory src contains the source code, organized in several packages.

• src.drawing it contains all the classes needed for drawing the simulation on screen. Typically you may want to get your hands in this directory, specifically in pp_draw.py, if you want to change the aspect of the simulation, display a new object, or label on the simulated environment.

• src.world_entities it contains all the classes that define the behaviour and the structure of the main entities of the project like: Drone, Base Station and Environment classes.

• src.experiments it contains classes that handle experimental campaigns.

• src.simulation it contains all the classes to handle a simulation and its metrics.

• src.utilities it contains all the utilities and the configuration parameters. In particular use src.utilities.config file to specify all the constants and parameters for a one-shot simulation, ideal when one wants to evaluate the quality of a routing algorithm making frequent executions. Constants and parameters should always be added here and never be hard-coded.

Contacts

For further information contact Matteo Prata at prata@di.uniroma1.it and Andrea Coletta at coletta@di.uniroma1.it.