A novel Cognitive Ultra wideband MAVCOM

Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) are widely used in military missions. The covert and miniature Data Links systems need to be developed to control the vehicle, so the real-time communication module is a very important component to MAVs. Ultra wideband (UWB) has been demonstrated to possess both low probability of intercept and detection (LPI/D) as well as Anti-jamming features when properly deployed in a communications system design. Cognitive Radio is an emerging approach for a more flexible usage of the precious radio spectrum resources. In this paper, a Cognitive Ultra wideband Radio (C-UWB) communication systems for MAVs (MAVCOM) is proposed which can be used for LPI/D transmission of digital voice, data and high resolution video image. The link budget calculation and the estimation of the signal transmission speed are reported assuming UWB signal transmission from a flying MAV to the basement. The initial results show that the C-UWB MAVCOM has broad application prospect.