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Mesh Networking for Inter-UAV Communications

Unmanned aerial systems (UASs) have a great potential to enhanced situational awareness in public safety operations. Many UASs operating in the same airspace can cause mid-air collisions. NASA and the FAA are developing a UAS traffic management (UTM) system, which could be used in public safety operations to manage the UAS airspace. UTM relies on an existing communication backhaul, however natural disasters may disrupt existing communications infrastructure or occur in areas where no backhaul exists. This thesis outlines a robust communications alternative that interfaces a fleet of UASs with a UTM service supplier (USS) over a mesh network. Additionally, this thesis outlines an algorithm for vehicle-to-vehicle discovery and communication over the mesh network.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1505208
Date05 1900
CreatorsWalton, Michael Tanner
ContributorsNamuduri, Kamesh, Bailey, Colleen, Zhong, Xiangnan
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatvi, 64 pages, Text
RightsPublic, Walton, Michael Tanner, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

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