Optimized UAV Communication Protocol Based on Prior Locations

TL;DR

This paper introduces an optimized UAV communication protocol that reduces power consumption by assessing channel reliability through prior RSSI and location data before communication, enhancing efficiency in UAV-ground node interactions.

Contribution

The paper proposes a novel communication protocol for UAVs that leverages prior location and RSSI data to decide on communication, reducing unnecessary power use.

Findings

Significant reduction in communication power consumption.

Effective decision-making based on prior RSSI and location data.

Improved communication efficiency in UAV networks.

Abstract

In this paper, we adopt a new communication protocol between the UAV and fixed on-ground nodes. This protocol tends to reduce communication power consumption by stopping communication if the channel is not good to communicate (i.e. far nodes, obstacles, etc.) The communication is performed using the XBee 868M standard and Libelium wapsmotes. Our designed protocol is based on a new communication model that we propose in this paper. The protocole decides wether to communicate or not after computing the channel reliability through prior RSSI measurement and nodes location data