Unmanned aerial vehicle communication system and method

Abstract

The invention discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle communication system and method. The system comprises at least one controller, at least one unmanned aerial vehicle, and at least one mesh device. Wherein the controller, the unmanned aerial vehicle and the mesh equipment are respectively used as mesh nodes, and the mesh nodes communicate with one another through a mesh network. According to the system and the method, the transmitting power of the controller can be reduced; the endurance time of the controller can be prolonged; according to the invention, the requirements of antenna alignmentcan be reduced, the operation difficulty can be reduced, flexible networking can be realized, the functions of one-control-multiple-aircraft, multi-control-one-aircraft and multi-control-multiple-aircraft can be conveniently realized, and the problems of poor communication quality caused by obstacles between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the controller and inconvenient communication distance extension can be solved.

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technical field [0001] The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the technical field of communication, and in particular, to a communication system and method for a drone. Background technique [0002] With the popularity of drones, more and more people are beginning to understand and use drones. At present, UAVs are usually under manual or automatic control, and the UAVs are precisely controlled to complete some flight tasks. These flight tasks include spraying operations, aerial photography, line inspection, surveying, measurement, cargo delivery and so on. [0003] During the flight operation of the drone, it is often necessary to communicate with the controller. For example, the controller sends a control signal to control the drone, or the drone feeds some data back to the controller. The controller in the related art is generally a hand-held remote control. When the distance between the controller and the UAV is relatively long, in order to ensure normal com...

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[0004] The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a UAV communication system and method, which can reduce the transmission power of the controller, increase the battery life of the controller, reduce the requirements for antenna alignment, thereby reducing the difficulty of operation, flexible networking, and convenient Realize the function of one control of multiple machines and multiple control of one machine, which can solve the problem of poor communication quality caused by obstacles between the UAV and the controller and the problem of inconvenient communication distance expansion

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