This project has led to a number of findings and conclusions. The main results concern the task of using one or more Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to relay messages or videos between two distant ground nodes. A protocol, called load-carry-and-deliver (LCAD), has been developed and implemented, where a UAV load from a source ground node, carries the data while flying to the destination, and finally delivers the data to a destination ground node. For delay-tolerant applications like latency-insensitive bulk data transfer and video streaming, it is demonstrated in field experiments that LCAD can maximize throughput. In addition, the project delivered a simple lab demonstration system to AFRL which shows the feasibility of dynamically adapting video source coding, based on the quality of the video transporting wireless link.
Research and Demonstration of Video Streaming on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Networks
2008
16 pages
Report
No indication
English
Computer Software , Radiofrequency Detection , Common Carrier & Satellite , Aircraft , Video signals , Wireless links , Drones , Coding , Adaptive systems , Radio equipment , Quality assurance , Flight paths , Off the shelf equipment , Experimental design , Ground level , Throughput , Video streaming , Lcad(Load-carry-and-deliver) , Wuafrlvsuavnet
Instantaneous video stabilization for unmanned aerial vehicles
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