Base Station for Monitoring of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Flight

Abstract:

A configuration of universal base station designed to use mobile networks for long-range transmission of telemetry data is described in the paper. Types of cellular networks and modes of their operation are presented. Next, GPRS system is shown as a possible method of data transmission between UAV and Base Station. Communication modes of the station can be augmented by additional close-range communication system based on Xbee modules. The configuration and integration of test stand for telemetric signals monitoring are shown. Finally, the modes of possible operations based on the conditions of mobile networks are described.

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 198)
• Pages: 182-187
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.198.182
• Online since: March 2013
• Authors: Maciej Słowik, Zdzisław Gosiewski
• Keywords: Ground Base Station, Navigation, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

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