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Concept Design and Performance Evaluation of UAV-based Backhaul Link with Antenna Steering

POKORNÝ, J. OMETOV, A. PASCUAL, P. BAQUERO, C. MAŠEK, P. PYATTAEV, A. GARCIA, A. CASTILLO, C. ANDREEV, S. HOŠEK, J. KUCHERYAVY, E.

Originální název

Concept Design and Performance Evaluation of UAV-based Backhaul Link with Antenna Steering

Typ

článek v časopise ve Web of Science, Jimp

Jazyk

angličtina

Originální abstrakt

Today, cellular coverage in many rural areas remains intermittent. The mobile operators may not be willing to deploy expensive network infrastructure to support the low-demand regions. For that reason, solutions for the rapid deployment of base stations in the areas with insufficient or damaged operator infrastructure have been emerging. Utilization of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or drones serving as data relays holds significant potential for delivering on-demand connectivity, also providing public safety services or aiding in recovery after communication infrastructure failures caused by natural disasters. The use of UAVs in provisioning high-rate radio connectivity and bringing it to remote locations is also envisioned as a promising application for fifth-generation (5G) communication systems. In this work, we introduce a prototype solution for an aerial base station where the connectivity between a drone and the base station is provided via a directional microwave link. Our prototype is equipped with a steering mechanism driven by a dedicated algorithm to support such connectivity. As our experimental results, we contribute earlystage measurements of connectivity and signal strength conducted with our prototype and compared against the free-space model. These findings support the emerging vision of aerial base stations as part of the 5G ecosystem and beyond.

Klíčová slova

Drone, antenna steering, prototype, measurements

Autoři

POKORNÝ, J.; OMETOV, A.; PASCUAL, P.; BAQUERO, C.; MAŠEK, P.; PYATTAEV, A.; GARCIA, A.; CASTILLO, C.; ANDREEV, S.; HOŠEK, J.; KUCHERYAVY, E.

Vydáno

27. 7. 2018

Nakladatel

The Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences

Místo

Republic of Korea

ISSN

1229-2370

Periodikum

JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS

Ročník

99

Číslo

1

Stát

Korejská republika

Strany od

1

Strany do

11

Strany počet

11

URL

http://jcnkics.med1dev.net/html/?pmode=BBBS0000800001&smode=ajax&fn=downFile&fileSeq=1748

BibTex

@article{BUT148993,
  author="Jiří {Pokorný} and Aleksandr {Ometov} and Pablo {Pascual} and Carlos {Baquero} and Pavel {Mašek} and Alexander {Pyattaev} and Ainoa {Garcia} and Carlos {Castillo} and Sergey {Andreev} and Jiří {Hošek} and Evgeny {Kucheryavy}",
  title="Concept Design and Performance Evaluation of UAV-based Backhaul Link with Antenna Steering",
  journal="JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS",
  year="2018",
  volume="99",
  number="1",
  pages="1--11",
  doi="10.1109/JCN.2018.000072",
  issn="1229-2370",
  url="http://jcnkics.med1dev.net/html/?pmode=BBBS0000800001&smode=ajax&fn=downFile&fileSeq=1748"
}