The use of troposcatter communications to increase the range of unmanned aerial vehicle - UAV

Abstract

The project concerns research and development works aimed at gaining knowledge on the development and implementation of a platform for communication between the ground station (NSK) and unmanned aerial vehicles of the BSP type. The completed research and development works concern the practical implementation of the mobile BSP management position, also referred to as the Ground Control Position (NSK). The implementation of communication will use tropospheric dispersion. Using the properties of off-shore radio lines, the range of BSP will be increased with a ground station from 40 to 150 km. At the same time, the transmission speed of the digital stream will increase to 15÷20 Mbps. Thus, the possibility of observation of the terrain will be increased, which will be reflected in the transmission of telemetry data and video. Movement of the UAV causes a reduction in the transmission speed in the radio channel and the occurrence of time delays. Eliminating these drawbacks will be used to predict the correction of antenna settings, which will put them to the maximum signal strength. The goal is to increase the transmission speed of the digital stream. The system will allow to achieve the assumed bit rates and fully eliminate the loss of BSP control and its loss.