Design and development of a communication platform with the capability of monitoring the communication quality in a drone separation system for support of U-Space Separation Management Service
Matos, Rui Miguel Lopes Gaspar de
MSc Thesis · 2022 · University of Coimbra
Supervisors: César Alexandre Domingues Teixeira, Tiago José dos Santos Martins da Cruz
Abstract
Unmaned Aerial Systems (UAS) or drones as they are most commonly known, are an emerging concept that progressively has entered the publics conscience, having the capability to provide never seen services and fixing some existing problems. To seize this opportunity several different groups are creating projects with the intent to define rules, starting experimentation and constructing basic system architecture; one of these projects is BUBBLES. BUBBLES intends to create safe spaces around the UASs, similar to bubbles, allowing drones to fly efficiently and safely as well as avoiding problems with the already existing manned aviation. However, since these bubbles are relative to the drones, there is a need for the telemetry to be constantly sent to the BUBBLES system and the system needs to be able to define the separation, taking into account the existing context, such as network problems. This document describes the planned work done achieve the main goal of detecting and minimizing network problems by utilising artificial intelligence, trying a multitude of models and techniques, comparing each of them and concluding which is the most appropriate. Furthermore, the process of the dataset acquisition, the environment description, as well as problems and solutions throughout the development of the work and the analysis of the results will also be present in this report. Finally, this work will try to propose several more practical implementations based on the results that were previously discussed.