Designing High-Speed Directional Communication Capabilities for Unmanned Surface Vehicles

Khosravi, Zeinab; Gerasimenko, Mikhail; Urama, Jani; Pyattaev, Alexander; Escusol, Jose Villa; Hošek, Jiří; Andreev, Sergey; Koucheryavy, Yevgeni

doi:10.1109/iswcs.2019.8877304

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“…In the LOS communication mode, both the USV and GC are equipped with directional antennas. In order to align the beams of these antennas in the system, an algorithm for beam-steering based on devices’ locations was developed in [ 4 ]. This algorithm included two main steps: (1) calculation of the actual beam-steering angle; (2) transmission of the control commands with the new angle value.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the relay communication mode, both the USV and the UAV are equipped with one directional antenna and one omnidirectional antenna while the GC carries one directional antenna. Using the same algorithm proposed in [ 4 ], the drone’s yaw can be set in a way that the installed antenna is horizontally aligned with the GC. For tilting of the antennas on the UAV and the GC, Equation ( 1 ), obtained from [ 24 ], can be used to calculate the elevation angle between two points with elevations

and

above the ground:

where R is the Earth’s radius and d is the distance between two points (

) and (

), which can be calculated using the following Haversine formula [ 24 ]:

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confidence: 99%

“…Finally, to find the tilting for the directional antennas on the UAV and the GC, the horizontal angle calculation part in the algorithm proposed in [ 4 ] should be replaced by the elevation angle using Equation ( 1 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, mainly the USV and UAV are considered in our previous and current works on the autonomous collaborative communication system. In [ 4 ], the design of a high-speed directional communication link between the Ground Control station (GC) and USV was outlined and its performance was evaluated. To further enhance the proposed automated offshore system, alternative solutions should be taken into account to maintain the GC–USV connection in cases where the Line-Of-Sight (LOS) link cannot be established.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…To further enhance the proposed automated offshore system, alternative solutions should be taken into account to maintain the GC–USV connection in cases where the Line-Of-Sight (LOS) link cannot be established. Hence, we build upon the work in [ 4 ] by involving the aerial component represented by the UAV to complement the previously proposed GC–USV setup and, thus, to enable a fully fledged automated offshore system [ 5 ].…”

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Automated systems have been seamlessly integrated into several industries as part of their industrial automation processes. Employing automated systems, such as autonomous vehicles, allows industries to increase productivity, benefit from a wide range of technologies and capabilities, and improve workplace safety. So far, most of the existing systems consider utilizing one type of autonomous vehicle. In this work, we propose a collaboration of different types of unmanned vehicles in maritime offshore scenarios. Providing high capacity, extended coverage, and better quality of services, autonomous collaborative systems can enable emerging maritime use cases, such as remote monitoring and navigation assistance. Motivated by these potential benefits, we propose the deployment of an Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) and an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in an autonomous collaborative communication system. Specifically, we design high-speed, directional communication links between a terrestrial control station and the two unmanned vehicles. Using measurement and simulation results, we evaluate the performance of the designed links in different communication scenarios and we show the benefits of employing multiple autonomous vehicles in the proposed communication system.

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and

above the ground:

where R is the Earth’s radius and d is the distance between two points (

) and (

), which can be calculated using the following Haversine formula [ 24 ]:

…”

Section: Proposed Communication Modes and Solution Componentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Proposed Communication Modes and Solution Componentsmentioning