Unmanned aerial vehicle-aided communications system for disaster recovery

dc.authoridTuna, Gurkan/0000-0002-6466-4696
dc.authorwosidTuna, Gurkan/AAG-4412-2019
dc.contributor.authorTuna, Gurkan
dc.contributor.authorNefzi, Bilel
dc.contributor.authorConte, Gianpaolo
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T11:16:57Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T11:16:57Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.departmentTrakya Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractAfter natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tornados and fires, providing emergency management schemes which mainly rely on communications systems is essential for rescue operations. To establish an emergency communications system during unforeseen events such as natural disasters, we propose the use of a team of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The proposed system is a post-disaster solution and can be used whenever and wherever required. Each UAV in the team has an onboard computer which runs three main subsystems responsible for end-to-end communication, formation control and autonomous navigation. The onboard computer and the low-level controller of the UAV cooperate to accomplish the objective of providing local communications infrastructure. In this study, the subsystems running on each UAV are explained and evaluated by simulation studies and field tests using an autonomous helicopter. While the simulation studies address the efficiency of the end-to-end communication subsystem, the field tests evaluate the accuracy of the navigation subsystem. The results of the field tests and the simulation studies show that the proposed system can be successfully used in case of disasters to establish an emergency communications system. (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSwedish Research Council (VR) Linnaeus Center for Control, Autonomy; Decision-making in Complex Systems (CADICS); Swedish National Aviation Engineering Research Program [NFFP5]; Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (CUAS Project)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work is partially supported by the Swedish Research Council (VR) Linnaeus Center for Control, Autonomy, and Decision-making in Complex Systems (CADICS), the Swedish National Aviation Engineering Research Program NFFP5, SSF the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (CUAS Project).en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jnca.2013.10.002
dc.identifier.endpage36en_US
dc.identifier.issn1084-8045
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84898831980en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage27en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnca.2013.10.002
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/24500
dc.identifier.volume41en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000335629300003en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAcademic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal Of Network And Computer Applicationsen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectUnmanned Aerial Vehiclesen_US
dc.subjectCommunication Systemsen_US
dc.subjectAircraft Navigationen_US
dc.subjectDistributed Controlen_US
dc.subjectCooperative Controlen_US
dc.subjectUaven_US
dc.titleUnmanned aerial vehicle-aided communications system for disaster recoveryen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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