NASA Glenn Research Center conducted a series of flight tests for the purpose of evaluating air-to-ground communications links for future unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The primary objective of the test effort was to evaluate the transition of the aircraft communications from one ground station to the next, and to monitor data flow during the "hand-off" event. To facilitate the testing, ground stations were installed at locations in Cleveland, Ohio and Albany, Ohio that each provides line-of-sight radio communications with an overflying aircraft. This report describes results from the flight tests including flight parameters, received signal strength measurements, data latency times, and performance observations for the air-to-ground channel.


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    Title :

    Control and Non-Payload Communications (CNPC) Prototype Radio - Generation 2 Flight Test Report


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    Publication date :

    2014


    Size :

    50 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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