Propagation Measurements of Multi-Hop Command and Telemetry Communications System in the 169 MHz Band for Drones

Ryu Miura; Toshinori Kagawa; Fumie Ono; Lin Shan; Takashi Matsuda; Fumihide Kojima

doi:10.20965/jrm.2021.p0363

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JRM Vol.33 No.2 pp. 363-370

doi: 10.20965/jrm.2021.p0363

(2021)

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Propagation Measurements of Multi-Hop Command and Telemetry Communications System in the 169 MHz Band for Drones

Ryu Miura^*, Toshinori Kagawa^**, Fumie Ono^*,***, Lin Shan^, Takashi Matsuda^, and Fumihide Kojima^*

^*National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
3-4 Hikarino-oka, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 239-0847, Japan

^** Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI)
2-6-1 Nagasaka, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 240-0196, Japan

^*** Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
2-1-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8926, Japan

Received:

September 20, 2020

Accepted:

January 5, 2021

Published:

April 20, 2021

Keywords:

drone, command and telemetry communications, beyond line-of-sight (BLOS), 169 MHz band, multi-hop

Abstract

The 169 MHz band was assigned for unmanned vehicles such as robots and drones by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) in 2016 in Japan, according to the reallocation of the TV band from VHF (analog) to UHF (digital). This band is expected to have a long range and good diffraction characteristics during drone operation over a long range with obstacles such as buildings, trees, or terrains. In this paper, we present the prototype system and its propagation experiments of command and telemetry communications at 169 MHz, which is added to a multi-hop communication unit in the 920 MHz band developed previously to enhance the beyond line-of-sight (BLOS) operation performance for drones.

Multi-hop control link in the 169 MHz band

Cite this article as:

R. Miura, T. Kagawa, F. Ono, L. Shan, T. Matsuda, and F. Kojima, “Propagation Measurements of Multi-Hop Command and Telemetry Communications System in the 169 MHz Band for Drones,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.33 No.2, pp. 363-370, 2021.

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This article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationa License.

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Propagation Measurements of Multi-Hop Command and Telemetry Communications System in the 169 MHz Band for Drones

Ryu Miura*, Toshinori Kagawa**, Fumie Ono*,***, Lin Shan*, Takashi Matsuda*, and Fumihide Kojima*

Ryu Miura^*, Toshinori Kagawa^**, Fumie Ono^*,***, Lin Shan^, Takashi Matsuda^, and Fumihide Kojima^*