Unmanned aerial vehicle as communication relay for autonomous underwater vehicle — Field tests

Johansen, Tor Arne; Zolich, Artur; Hansen, Torkel; Sørensen, Asgeir J.

doi:10.1109/glocomw.2014.7063641

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“…The navigation system is tested for a single UAV. 3) An experimental test when a UAV acts as a relay to transmit information from an underwater vehicle to a ground base station is described in [142]. In this setup, a UAV moves in a circular way around an underwater vehicle with the speed of 18m/s.…”

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confidence: 99%

Survey on UAV Cellular Communications: Practical Aspects, Standardization Advancements, Regulation, and Security Challenges

Fotouhi

Qiang

Ding

et al. 2019

IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials

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The rapid growth of consumer Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is creating promising new business opportunities for cellular operators. On the one hand, UAVs can be connected to cellular networks as new types of user equipment, therefore generating significant revenues for the operators that can guarantee their stringent service requirements. On the other hand, UAVs offer the unprecedented opportunity to realize UAVmounted flying base stations that can dynamically reposition themselves to boost coverage, spectral efficiency, and user quality of experience. Indeed, the standardization bodies are currently exploring possibilities for serving commercial UAVs with cellular networks. Industries are beginning to trial early prototypes of flying base stations or user equipments, while academia is in full swing researching mathematical and algorithmic solutions to address interesting new problems arising from flying nodes in cellular networks. In this article, we provide a comprehensive survey of all of these developments promoting smooth integration of UAVs into cellular networks. Specifically, we survey (i) the types of consumer UAVs currently available off-the-shelf, (ii) the interference issues and potential solutions addressed by standardization bodies for serving aerial users with the existing terrestrial base stations, (iii) the challenges and opportunities for assisting cellular communications with UAV-based flying relays and base stations, (iv) the ongoing prototyping and test bed activities, (v) the new regulations being developed to manage the commercial use of UAVs, and (vi) the cyber-physical security of UAV-assisted cellular communications.

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Survey on UAV Cellular Communications: Practical Aspects, Standardization Advancements, Regulation, and Security Challenges

Fotouhi

Qiang

Ding

et al. 2019

IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials

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“…In those research IEEE 802.11 (WiFi) network devices are used. This results in high bandwidth at the expense of range [4], [5].…”

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Implementation of Micro Airborne Radio Relay

Niewiadomski¹,

Kasprowicz²

2017

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“…In this work, they showed that high throughout can be achieved using two-hop communications. Johansen et al [28] described the field experiment with a fixed wing UAV acted as a wireless relay for Underwater Vehicle. They only tested the download data rates.…”

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Development and Testing of a Two-UAV Communication Relay System

Jiang

Sun

et al. 2016

Sensors

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In the development of beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) systems, communication between the UAVs and the ground control station (GCS) is of critical importance. The commonly used economical wireless modules are restricted by the short communication range and are easily blocked by obstacles. The use of a communication relay system provides a practical way to solve these problems, improving the performance of UAV communication in BLOS and cross-obstacle operations. In this study, a communication relay system, in which a quadrotor was used to relay radio communication for another quadrotor was developed and tested. First, the UAVs used as the airborne platform were constructed, and the hardware for the communication relay system was selected and built up. Second, a set of software programs and protocol for autonomous mission control, communication relay control, and ground control were developed. Finally, the system was fully integrated into the airborne platform and tested both indoor and in-flight. The Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) and noise value in two typical application scenarios were recorded. The test results demonstrated the ability of this system to extend the communication range and build communication over obstacles. This system also shows the feasibility to coordinate multiple UAVs’ communication with the same relay structure.

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Unmanned aerial vehicle as communication relay for autonomous underwater vehicle — Field tests

Cited by 60 publications

References 16 publications

Survey on UAV Cellular Communications: Practical Aspects, Standardization Advancements, Regulation, and Security Challenges

Survey on UAV Cellular Communications: Practical Aspects, Standardization Advancements, Regulation, and Security Challenges

Implementation of Micro Airborne Radio Relay

Development and Testing of a Two-UAV Communication Relay System

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