Abstract
We present the University at Buffalo's Airborne Networking and Communications Testbed (UB-ANC Drone). UB-ANC Drone is an open software/hardware platform that aims to facilitate rapid testing and repeatable comparative evaluation of airborne networking and communications protocols at different layers of the protocol stack. It combines quadcopters capable of autonomous flight with sophisticated command and control capabilities and embedded software-defined radios (SDRs), which enable flexible deployment of novel communications and networking protocols. This is in contrast to existing airborne network testbeds, which rely on standard inflexible wireless technologies, e.g., Wi-Fi or Zigbee. UB-ANC Drone is designed with emphasis on modularity and extensibility, and is built around popular open-source projects and standards developed by the research and hobby communities. This makes UB-ANC Drone highly customizable, while also simplifying its adoption. In this paper, we describe UB-ANC Drone's hardware and software architecture.
Abstract (translated)
我们在布法罗的机载网络和通信测试平台（UB-ANC无人机）上展示了该大学。 UB-ANC Drone是一个开放的软件/硬件平台，旨在促进协议栈不同层面的机载网络和通信协议的快速测试和可重复的比较评估。它结合了能够自主飞行的四轴飞行器，复杂的命令和控制功能以及嵌入式软件定义无线电（SDR），可灵活部署新颖的通信和网络协议。这与现有的机载网络测试台形成对比，后者依赖于标准的不灵活的无线技术，例如Wi-Fi或Zigbee。 UB-ANC无人机的设计强调模块化和可扩展性，并围绕由研究和业余爱好社区开发的流行开源项目和标准而构建。这使得UB-ANC无人机具有高度可定制性，同时也简化了其采用。在本文中，我们描述了UB-ANC Drone的硬件和软件架构。
URL
https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.08346
