DAP21-06 – FANET enhanced tactical networks

This project explores, studies and evaluates the deployment of tactical radio network supported by radios on board of multiple small and low altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).

These radio drones will form a Flying Ad-hoc Network (FANET) capable of enhancing the robustness and adaptiability of the existing tactical network.

These FANETs exhibit many advantages compared to terrestrial based communication networks, such as a swift deployment, a high degree of freedom (3-Dimensionality) and a higher probability of Line of Sight (LoS). These advantages could also allow to improve the capacity of the network by creating a new high capacity layer on top of the existing one, using higher frequency ranges.