An Independent UAV-Based Mobile Base Station

In disaster scenarios, e.g., earthquakes, tsunamis, and wildfires, communication infrastructure often becomes severely damaged. To rapidly restore damaged communication systems, we propose a UAV-based mobile base station equipped with Public Safety LTE (PS-LTE) technology to provide standalone commu...

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Published in:Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 25; no. 5; p. 1349
Main Authors: Choi, Sung-Chan, Kim, Sung-Yeon
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 22.02.2025
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Subjects:
Cellular telephone equipment industry
Communications networks
Communications systems
Connectivity
Cooperation
Disaster recovery
Drones
Earthquakes
Emergency preparedness
Energy efficiency
Forest & brush fires
France
implementation
Infrastructure
IOPS
mobile base station
Product design
prototype
PS-LTE
Public safety
Seismology
Simulation
Software
South Korea
Tsunamis
UAV
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Wildfires
Wireless telecommunications equipment
France
South Korea
mobile base station
PS-LTE
IOPS
UAV
prototype
implementation
ISSN:1424-8220, 1424-8220
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Summary:In disaster scenarios, e.g., earthquakes, tsunamis, and wildfires, communication infrastructure often becomes severely damaged. To rapidly restore damaged communication systems, we propose a UAV-based mobile base station equipped with Public Safety LTE (PS-LTE) technology to provide standalone communication capabilities. The proposed system includes PS-LTE functionalities, mission-critical push-to-talk, proximity-based services, and isolated E-UTRAN operation to ensure the reliable and secure communication for emergency services. We provide a simulation result to achieve the radio coverage of mobile base station. By using this radio coverage, we find an appropriate location of the end device for performing the outdoor experiments. We develop a prototype of a proposed mobile base station and test its operation in an outdoor environment. The experimental results provide a sufficient data rate to make an independent mobile base station to restore communication infrastructure in areas that experienced environmental disasters. This prototype and experimental results offer a significant step forward in creating agile and efficient communication solutions for emergency scenarios.
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ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s25051349