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- 2. 9-1a Schedule revision Week 4 Sortie rate estimates Requirements analysis Week 5 Communication considerations and sizing
- 3. 9-2 Importance Communications are a key element of the overall UAV system A UAV system cannot
- 4. 9-3 RF basics Data link types Frequency bands Antennae Equations Communications issues Architecture Function Coverage Etc.
- 5. 9-4 Data link types Simplex - One way point-to-point Half duplex - Two way, sequential Tx/Rx
- 6. 9-5 Frequency bands
- 7. 9-6 UAV frequencies Military and civilian UAVs communicate over a range of frequencies An informal survey
- 8. 9-7 More basics Carrier frequency - The center frequency around which a message is sent -
- 9. 9-8 Data rate Many people use band width and data rate as synonymous terms. Even though
- 10. 9-9 Polarity The physical orientation of an RF signal - Typically determined by the design of
- 11. 9-10 And more Antenna gain - a measure of antenna performance - Typically defined in dBi
- 12. 9-11 Examples Inmarsat I (4.8 Kbps) Weight = 18 lb, 6 dB Data and pictures from
- 13. 9-12 More basics - losses Free space loss - The loss in signal strength due to
- 14. 9-13 Architecture Military Commercial “Common” Function Up link (control) Launch and recovery Enroute On station Payload
- 15. 9-14 Military vs. civil Military communications systems historically were quite different from their civilian counterparts With
- 16. 9-15 Communication types Military operators now depend on a mix of civilian and military communications services
- 17. 9-16 Military communications Military communications systems generally fall into one of two categories Integrated - multiple
- 18. 9-17 UAV architectures UAV communication systems are generally dedicated The systems may have other applications (e.g.
- 19. 9-18 US common data links Excerpts from - Survey of Current Air Force Tactical Data Links
- 20. 9-19 Global Hawk GDT GDT = Ground “data terminal”
- 21. 9-20 Global Hawk ADT ADT = Air “data terminal”
- 22. 9-21 TCDL ADT & GDT Range goal - 200 Km at 15Kft
- 23. 9-22 Architecture Military Commercial “Common” Function Up link (control) Launch and recovery Enroute On station Payload
- 24. 9-23 Control functions
- 25. 9-24 Launch and recovery Located at the operating base Control the UAV from engine start through
- 26. 9-25 Enroute Launch and recovery or mission control responsibility Control the UAV through air traffic control
- 27. 9-26 On station Primary mission control responsibility Control the UAV air vehicle in the target area
- 28. 9-27 Payload Primary mission control responsibility Control the sensors in the target area using line of
- 29. 9-28 Down links Down links carry the most valuable product of a UAV mission UAV sensor
- 30. 9-29 Radar “imagery” High resolution “imagery” (whether real or synthetic) establishes the down link bandwidth requirement
- 31. EO/IR data EO/IR requirements are for comparable areas and resolution. After compression, Global Hawk EO/IR bandwidth
- 32. 9-31 System status data Air vehicle system status requirements are small in comparison to sensors -
- 33. Coverage Local area Line of sight Over the horizon Other issues Time delay Survivability Reliability Redundancy
- 34. 9-33 Local area communications Close range operations (e.g., launch and recovery) typically use omni-directional data links
- 35. Typically require directional data links - RF focused on control station and/or air vehicle - Impact
- 36. Relay aircraft - existing line of sight equipment Minimal air vehicle design impact Major operational impact
- 37. 9-36 Global Hawk SatCom
- 38. Coverage Local area Line of sight Over the horizon Other issues Time delay Survivability Reliability Redundancy
- 39. 9-38 The time required to transmit, execute and feed back a command (at the speed of
- 40. 9-39 Also known as data “latency” or “lag” - Limited by speed of light and “clock
- 41. 9-40 The preferred reliability solution Separate back up data link(s) Most modern UAVs have redundant data
- 42. 9-41 Probability of intercept Probability that an adversary will be able to detect and intercept a
- 43. 9-42 More issues Power and cooling Communications equipment (especially transmitters) require significant power and cooling to
- 44. 9-43 A significant part of transport requirements are associated with communications equipment C-141B transport configuration Other
- 45. 9-44 Next subject RF basics Data link types Frequency bands Antennae Equations Communications issues Architecture Function
- 46. - Given 2 platforms at distance (D1+D2) apart at altitudes h1 and h2 above the surface
- 47. 9-46 RF line of sight Due to earth curvature and atmospheric index of refraction, RF transmissions
- 48. 9-47 Grazing angle effects Ignore the small differences between LOS and LOS’ The equation predicts published
- 49. 9-48 Airborne relay A system level solution for an organic over the horizon (OTH) UAV communications
- 50. 9-49 LOS defines max communication distance for relay - At θ =0.75°, LOS from base =
- 51. 9-50 There is little public information available on UAV data links to use for initial sizing
- 52. 9-51 ADT range and power Calculate LOS range Equations 9.1-9.4 Estimate RF output power required
- 53. 9-52 Initial sizing - ADT Satcom Parametric correlation basis Known correlation between band width or data
- 54. 9-53 ADT power required Parametric data source Military line of sight data links Frequency range 30
- 55. 9-54 ADT weight Parametric data source Janes and unpublished data Frequency range 30 MHz - 15
- 56. 9-55 ADT volume Parametric data source All LOS data links & modems Frequency range 30 MHz
- 57. Parametric correlation basis Known correlation between bandwidth required and size Antenna characteristic “size” defined as following:
- 58. 9-57 ADT satcom antenna Parametric data source All Satcom data link antenna Frequency range 0.24 -
- 59. 9-58 More ADT LOS data Median = .025 Median = .045 Parametric data source All LOS
- 60. 9-59 All systems on an air vehicle have an installation weight and volume penalty (more in
- 61. 9-60 GDT options There are a few GDT system descriptions in Janes and on the internet
- 62. 9-61 GDT parametrics
- 63. 9-62 Expectations You should understand Communications fundamentals UAV unique communications issues How to calculate communication line
- 64. 9-63 Final subject RF basics Data link types Frequency bands Antennae Equations Communications issues Architecture Function
- 65. 9-64 Example problem Five medium UAVs, four provide wide area search, a fifth provides positive target
- 66. 9-65 Parametric data is used to size (1) a basic UAV data link and (2) a
- 67. 9-66 We have little GDT parametric sizing date and simply assume an ADT consistent input power
- 68. 9-67 Requirements update System element GDT weight/volume/power excluding antenna (each) = 205 lbm/9.5 cuft/500 W GDT
- 69. 9-68 Homework Assess communication requirements for your project and develop an architecture that you think will
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