Towards a robust real-time wireless link in a land monitoring application

Abstract

This paper addresses on-going work on providing a model of a robust real-time wireless link intended to be used to connect a mobile platform to a ground station in a land monitoring system. This work is part of a project where the mobile platform is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), equipped with embedded devices which acquire and process sensor data to be sent to the ground station. Firstly, a temporal model of the communications link relying on radio modems is developed. Secondly, measurements have been made in order to determine packet loss probability. These two results are currently used to provide a robust real-time model of the wireless communications link.