Unmanned Aircraft System Communications Mesh Test Deployment

In several deployments of unmanned aircraft systems and autonomous ground-based vehicle technology, a gap has been discovered when vehicles are transiting between locations that may have strong 4G/5G cellular communication availability and those locations that may have little. Several new technologies exploring the possibility of a communications mesh network have entered the market and may have strong benefit for a variety of connected and autonomous vehicle (air and ground) applications. This research would explore the ability of this technology to support beyond visual line of sight unmanned aircraft deployments and may support ground-based applications as well. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have both identified connectivity (V2V, V2I, V2X) as critical to enabling advanced aerial mobility, specifically to address safety and operational effectiveness (communication availability) per the FAA ConOps for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Traffic Management (including BVLOS). Similarly, advanced ground mobility (autonomous vehicle operation) has identified the same concerns.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Michigan Department of Transportation

  Van Wagoner Building
  425 W. Ottawa Street
  Lansing, MI  United States  48909
• Start Date: 20240109
• Expected Completion Date: 20250630
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Autonomous vehicles; Communications; Drones; Wireless communication systems
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Data and Information Technology; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01924893
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Michigan Department of Transportation
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 22 2024 10:48AM