Decentralized Coordination of Autonomous Traffic Through Advanced Air Mobility Corridors

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.23832v1
• Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:15:55 GMT
• Title: Decentralized Coordination of Autonomous Traffic Through Advanced Air Mobility Corridors
• Abstract summary: We show that it is possible for autonomous aircraft to learn to self-organize into corridor flows in decentralized settings.<n>We find that in decentralized settings with only local information, the aircraft are able to conform to the corridor boundaries more than 94% of the time.
• Score: 3.5719670523509954
• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: The use of dedicated corridors for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) traffic is one of the most commonly proposed pathways to integrating them into existing airspace operations. Most prior research has focused on the design of networks of AAM corridors and conflict resolution for aircraft within corridors. It is also generally believed that while attractive from an implementation perspective, corridor-based operations may be inefficient, especially in the absence of centralized traffic management. In this paper, we show that contrary to this belief, it is possible for autonomous aircraft to learn to self-organize into corridor flows in decentralized settings. We illustrate our approach using scenarios in which fixed-wing aircraft need to safely and efficiently traverse (1) a single corridor with metering after the exit, (2) a sequence of two consecutive corridors, and (3) a corridor that splits into two. We find that in decentralized settings with only local information, the aircraft are able to conform to the corridor boundaries more than 94% of the time and reach their goal in a relatively efficient manner. Furthermore, tactical interventions to handle violations of the separation minimum are needed only infrequently in low- and medium-density settings. However, such tactical interventions become more frequently necessary only when traffic density is high.

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