Civil UAV Path Planning Algorithm for Considering Connection with Cellular Data Network

Author

Ting-Yun Chi ; Yi Ming ; Tseng ; Sy-Yen Kuo ; Chih-Chiun Liao

Author_Institution

Grad. Inst. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ. Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan

fYear

2012

fDate

27-29 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

327

Lastpage

331

Abstract

The UAV is used in modern war widely. The military can control the UAV and send image to remote base in time through satellite link. Currently the Civil UAV use the wireless analog video and RF control signal to provides similar function as a recon drone. However the wireless station has its communication limitation -- range. Most of the people use 2.4G to replace the satellite communication. We try to use 3G communication for civil UAV to extend the service range to "unlimited". We design a path planning algorithm for considering connection with cellular data network. By our algorithm, the UAV will try to avoid fly across no-signal area. With our idea, we can provide low cost civil UAV service for various applications.

Keywords

autonomous aerial vehicles; control engineering computing; military vehicles; path planning; satellite communication; 3G communication; RF control signal; cellular data network; civil UAV path planning algorithm; low cost civil UAV service; recon drone; satellite communication; satellite link; wireless analog video; wireless station; Algorithm design and analysis; Computer architecture; Microprocessors; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Path planning; Wireless communication; Cellular Network; Path Planning; UAV;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer and Information Technology (CIT), 2012 IEEE 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4873-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIT.2012.83

Filename

6391922