Software Radio Development and Integration with a Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Stuckey, Gable, Peacock
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) with high
performance software radio relays will offer dramatic improvements to
Situational Awareness and Command and Control for future warfighters. A key to
this advancement is assured, reliable communications among all ground and air
assets. This paper will describe the development of a compact, low power, high
performance communications system for UAVs to enable high data rates in
difficult environments, low probability of intercept/detection, and anti-jam
capability. The radio is software programmable for compatibility with legacy
waveforms and functions over 20 MHz to 3 GHz with both wide- and narrowband
networking waveforms. The development of this system within the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency Future Combat System framework, and
integration with a small UAV is detailed.
performance software radio relays will offer dramatic improvements to
Situational Awareness and Command and Control for future warfighters. A key to
this advancement is assured, reliable communications among all ground and air
assets. This paper will describe the development of a compact, low power, high
performance communications system for UAVs to enable high data rates in
difficult environments, low probability of intercept/detection, and anti-jam
capability. The radio is software programmable for compatibility with legacy
waveforms and functions over 20 MHz to 3 GHz with both wide- and narrowband
networking waveforms. The development of this system within the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency Future Combat System framework, and
integration with a small UAV is detailed.
Tahun:
2004
Penerbit:
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.
Bahasa:
english
Halaman:
14
Fail:
PDF, 4.30 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2004