Experimental evaluation of shore to unmanned surface vehicle Wi-Fi communications

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2018

Authors

Coelho, A (Author) Other; Lopes, M (Author) Other; Bruno Ferreira (Author) FEUP; Campos, R (Author) Other; Manuel Ricardo (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: 2018 Wireless Days, WD 2018, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, April 3-5, 2018

Pages: 86-91

10th Annual Wireless Days Conference, WD 2018

3 April 2018 through 5 April 2018

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Scopus - 1 Citation

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Authenticus ID: P-00N-ZSD

DOI: 10.1109/wd.2018.8361699

Abstract (EN): The blue economy potential is envisioned to increase the activity at the ocean worldwide in the coming years. To support these activities and the convergence to the Internet of Moving Things, Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) are considered viable platforms to enable a large number of missions, including border surveillance and environmental monitoring. Typically, USVs use Wi-Fi for communicating with shore. However, in the literature, there is a lack of studies characterizing the shore-to-USV Wi-Fi link. This paper studies the influence of distance and USV orientation on the shore-to-USV link quality at the 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) bands. The study is supported by experimental results, collected during sea trials. For the 2.4 GHz band, we conclude that neither the Two-Ray propagation model nor the Friis propagation model allow a good fit to the experimental measurements. On the other hand, for the 5 GHz band, the Friis propagation model fits the obtained experimental results. © 2018 IEEE.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific