An MPTCP-Based Transmission Scheme for Improving the Control Stability of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Recently, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been applied to various applications. In order to perform repetitive and accurate tasks with a UAV, it is more efficient for the operator to perform the tasks through an integrated management program rather than controlling the UAVs one by one through a controller. In this environment, control packets must be reliably delivered to the UAV to perform missions stably. However, wireless communication is at risk of packet loss or packet delay. Typical network communications can respond to situations in which packets are lost by retransmitting lost packets. However, in the case of UAV control, delay due to retransmission is fatal, so control packet loss and delay should not occur. As UAVs move quickly, there is a high risk of accidents if control packets are lost or delayed. In order to stably control a UAV by transmitting control messages, we propose a control packet transmission scheme, ConClone. ConClone replicates control packets and then transmits them over multiple network connections to increase the probability of successful control packet transmission. We implemented ConClone using real equipment, and we verified its performance through experiments and theoretical analysis.

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Enabling Reliable UAV Control by Utilizing Multiple Protocols and Paths for Transmitting Duplicated Control Packets

Sensors ◽

10.3390/s21093295 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (9) ◽

pp. 3295

Author(s):

Woonghee Lee

Keyword(s):

Wireless Communications ◽

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽

Control Packet ◽

Data Packets ◽

Transfer Delay ◽

Aerial Vehicles ◽

Wide Range ◽

Theoretical Analyses ◽

Control Packets ◽

Drone Control

In the last ten years, supported by the advances in technologies for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), UAVs have developed rapidly and are utilized for a wide range of applications. To operate UAVs safely, by exchanging control packets continuously, operators should be able to monitor UAVs in real-time and deal with any problems immediately. However, due to any networking problems or unstable wireless communications, control packets can be lost or transmissions can be delayed, which causes the unstable drone control. To overcome this limitation, in this paper, we propose MuTran for enabling reliable UAV control. MuTran considers the packet type and duplicates only control packets, not data packets. After that, MuTran transmits the original and duplicate packets through multiple protocols and paths to improve the reliability of control packet transmissions. We designed MuTran and conducted a lot of theoretical analyses to demonstrate the validity of MuTran and analyze it from various aspects. We implemented MuTran on real devices and evaluated MuTran using the devices. We conducted experiments to verify the limitations of the existing systems and demonstrate that control packets can be transmitted more stably by using MuTran. Through the analysis and experimental results, we confirmed that MuTran reduces the control packet transfer delay, which improves the reliability and stability of controlling UAVs.

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Event-Triggering in Three-Dimensional Leader-Follower Formation Control for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Volume 2: Mechatronics; Mechatronics and Controls in Advanced Manufacturing; Modeling and Control of Automotive Systems and Combustion Engines; Modeling and Validation; Motion and Vibration Control Applications; Multi-Agent and Networked Systems; Path Planning and Motion Control; Robot Manipulators; Sensors and Actuators; Tracking Control Systems; Uncertain Systems and Robustness; Unmanned, Ground and Surface Robotics; Vehicle Dynamic Controls; Vehicle Dynamics and Traffic Control ◽

10.1115/dscc2016-9783 ◽

2016 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Liang Sun ◽

Bin Hu

Keyword(s):

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽

Information Exchange ◽

Formation Control ◽

3D Model ◽

Local Level ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Control Law ◽

Transmission Scheme ◽

Aerial Vehicles ◽

Event Triggered

This paper addresses a three-dimensional (3D) leader-follower formation control problem where an event-triggered transmission scheme is developed to schedule the information exchange between the leader and follower unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). A novel 3D model based on a local level spherical frame is developed to characterize the relative dynamics of the leader and follower UAVs. Based on this 3D model, a novel non-linear tracking control law is developed to achieve an exponential tracking performance of the system. An event-triggered communication scheduling scheme is adopted under the proposed 3D leader-follower framework in order to achieve an efficient use of communication bandwidth by adapting the transmission time for the changes on UAV states. The stability of the formation control law and the efficiency of the event-triggered method are verified and demonstrated in simulation.

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SECURE IMAGE TRANSMISSION SCHEME IN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES USING MULTIPLE SHARE CREATION WITH OPTIMAL ELLIPTIC CURVE CRYPTOGRAPHY

Indian Journal of Computer Science and Engineering ◽

10.21817/indjcse/2021/v12i1/211201169 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 129-134

Author(s):

Minu M. S. ◽

Aroul Canessane R.

Keyword(s):

Elliptic Curve ◽

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽

Elliptic Curve Cryptography ◽

Image Transmission ◽

Transmission Scheme ◽

Aerial Vehicles

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Development of thickened semi-synthetic engine oil M-5z / 20 AERO for four-stroke gasoline engines aircraft piston of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

World of OIL Products the Oil Companies Bulletin ◽

10.32758/2071-5951-2020-0-6-44-47 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 06 ◽

pp. 44-47

Author(s):

A.A. Moykin ◽

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A.S. Medzhibovsky ◽

S.A. Kriushin ◽

M.V. Seleznev ◽

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Keyword(s):

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽

Engine Oil ◽

Motor Oil ◽

Gasoline Engines ◽

State Research Institute ◽

Technical Requirements ◽

Aerial Vehicles ◽

State Research ◽

Industrial Batch ◽

The Russian Federation

Nowadays, the creation of remotely-piloted aerial vehicles for various purposes is regarded as one of the most relevant and promising trends of aircraft development. FAU "25 State Research Institute of Chemmotology of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation" have studied the operation features of aircraft piston engines and developed technical requirements for motor oil for piston four-stroke UAV engines, as well as a new engine oil M-5z/20 AERO in cooperation with NPP KVALITET, LLC. Based on the complex of qualification tests, the stated operational properties of the experimental-industrial batch of M-5z/20 AERO oil are generally confirmed.

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