Beyond line-of-sight UAS communication link simulation

Silva, Antonio Lamounier Soares Lira da; Bertoli, Gustavo de Carvalho; Tosta, Ricardo Pereira; Ribeiro, Matheus Araújo; Adabo, Geraldo José

doi:10.1109/icuas.2016.7502601

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“…Another advantage of these radios is their small size and light weight that makes them suitable for sUAV applications. A UAS communication model and simulation to analyze the link quality is presented in [30]. As expected, the UAVs operating in low frequency such as 915 MHz show better performance and suffer less from the free space loss.…”

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Potential Data Link Candidates for Civilian Unmanned Aircraft Systems: A Survey

Zolanvari

Jain

Salman

2020

IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials

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This survey studies the potential data link candidates for unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVs). There has been tremendous growth in different applications of UAVs such as lifesaving and rescue missions, commercial use, recreations, etc. Unlike the traditional wireless communications, the data links for these systems do not have any general standardized framework yet to ensure safe co-existence of UAVs with other flying vehicles. This motivated us to provide a comprehensive survey of potential data link technologies available for UAVs. Our goal is to study the current trends and available candidates and carry out a comprehensive comparison among them. The contribution of this survey is to highlight the strength and weakness of the current data link options and their suitability to satisfy the UAVs communication requirements. Satellite links, cellular technologies, Wi-Fi and several similar wireless technologies are studied thoroughly in this paper. We also focus on several available promising standards that can be modified for these data links. Then, we discuss standard-related organizations that are working actively in the area of civilian unmanned systems. Finally, we bring up some future challenges in this area with several potential solutions to motivate further research work. Index Terms-Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV), civilian applications, data link, satellite communication, cellular communication, aviation standards, standard bodies, future challenges. SATCOM Provider ATC Pilot Cellular Provider Satellite UAV Cellular Tower Fig. 1 2 2) Network RequirementsThere are several survey papers discussing the requirements for UAS data link such as [2], and [9][10][11][12][13][14]. For example, the requirements for the UASs based on four different areas of missions, communication networks, communication data links, navigation, and surveillance are discussed in [2]. Several detailed discussions about the communication data link requirements such as range, velocity, latency, reliability, availability, integrity, security, and bit rate are provided. As another instance, a survey of UAVs communication requirements has been studied in [9]. These requirements are based on four categories of UAV applications (i.e., search and rescue, area coverage, delivery/transportation, and construction). Moreover, the important requirements and considerations regarding the network layer of UAV communications have been discussed in [14]. 3) Channel ModelingChannel modeling must be studied for designing and evaluating proper UAV data links for different applications. There have been several research work and surveys on channel modeling for UAV communications, such as [15][16][17][18]. For instance, a comprehensive survey on channel modeling for UAV communications is provided in [15]. Different channel modeling approaches along with the associated challenges have been studied. 4) Our ContributionWe have studied the existing survey papers on the aforementioned issues related to the UAV data links. In this s...

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Section: A Spectrum Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…A UAS communication model and simulation to analyze the link quality is presented in [30]. As expected, the UAVs operating in low frequency such as 915 MHz show better performance and suffer less from the free space loss.…”

Section: A Spectrum Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 94%

Potential Data Link Candidates for Civilian Unmanned Aircraft Systems: A Survey

Zolanvari

Jain

Salman

2020

IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials

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Design and Development of a High-Speed UAS for beyond Visual Line-of-Sight Operations

McCrink

Gregory

2021

J Intell Robot Syst

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Towards SORA-Compliant BVLOS Communication

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Terkildsen

Schultz

et al. 2021

2021 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)

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With the advances in drone technology, the demand for long-distance drone flights Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS), is increasing. A prerequisite to BVLOS flights is reliable communication between Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and Ground Control Station (GCS). Moreover, BVLOS operations can require multiple pilots during the flight, for example at takeoff and landing, who can take manual control if necessary. This necessitates a means to handover control between multiple pilots during the flight. This paper will explore options for line-of-sight radio links, for reducing the required bandwidth by optimizing the communication between the UAV and GCS, and for supporting multiple pilots. A MAVLink library to optimize the communication between the UAV and GCS has been designed and implemented. The library successfully reduced the communication from 11440 bytes/s to 951 bytes/s. A component for pilot handover has similarly been designed and successfully tested in real-world conditions. The LOS radios selected have been used successfully together with the MAVLink library in real-world SORA-approved BVLOS operations at a maximum radio LOS distance of 1375 m.

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Beyond line-of-sight UAS communication link simulation

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Potential Data Link Candidates for Civilian Unmanned Aircraft Systems: A Survey

Potential Data Link Candidates for Civilian Unmanned Aircraft Systems: A Survey

Design and Development of a High-Speed UAS for beyond Visual Line-of-Sight Operations

Towards SORA-Compliant BVLOS Communication

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