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Proceedings - 2023 6th Conference on Cloud and Internet of Things, CIoT 20232023, Pages 85-906th Conference on Cloud and Internet of Things, CIoT 2023; Lisbon; Portugal; 20 March 2023 through 22 March 2023; Category numberCFP23H26-ART; Code 187722

Two-Tier UAV-based Low Power Wide Area Networks: A Testbed and Experimentation Study(Conference Paper)(Open Access)

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  • aUniversity of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Serbia
  • bInstituto de Telecomunicações, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
  • cCopelabs, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisbon, Portugal

Abstract

In this paper, we propose, design, deploy and demonstrate a two-tier Low Power Wide Area Network (LP WAN) system based on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) base stations suitable for dynamic deployment in deep rural environments. The proposed UAV-based LPWAN network augments the existing macro-cellular LPWAN network (Tier 1) with an additional layer of mobile base stations (Tier 2) based also on LPWAN technology. Mobile Tier 2 LPWAN base stations provide connectivity to static or mobile LP WAN user equipment deployed in the areas without direct Tier 1 LP WAN network coverage. The proposed two-tier LP WAN network scenario is suitable for various agricultural, forestry and environmental applications such as livestock or wild animal monitoring. In this experimental work, we report the prototype that was successfully deployed and used in a realworld deep rural environment without Tier 1 LP WAN network coverage. © 2023 IEEE.

Author keywords

coverage extensionLoRaNB-IoTRural IoTUAV communications

Indexed keywords

Engineering controlled terms:AgricultureAntennasBase stationsInternet of thingsLow power electronicsRural areasUnmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
Engineering uncontrolled termsAerial vehicleCoverage extensionLoraLow PowerNB-IoTRural IoTTwo tiersUnmanned aerial vehicle communicationVehicle communicationsWide-area networks
Engineering main heading:Wide area networks

Funding details

Funding sponsor Funding number Acronym
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
See opportunities by H2020		H2020
Horizon 2020856967
Horizon 2020

  • 1

    VI. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This work was supported in part by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Grant Agreement 856967, and in part by the Serbian Science Fund project AVIoTION.

  • 2

    This work was supported in part by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Grant Agreement 856967, and in part by the Serbian Science Fund project AVIoTION.

  • ISBN: 979-835039669-0
  • Source Type: Conference Proceeding
  • Original language: English
  • DOI: 10.1109/CIoT57267.2023.10084912
  • Document Type: Conference Paper
  • Sponsors: DEISI, Lusofona Informatica,DNAC,Life is On, Schneider Electric,Universidade Lusofona, CopeLabs
  • Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

  Sobot, S.; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Serbia
  Lukic, M.; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Serbia
  Bortnik, D.; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Serbia
  Nikic, V.; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Serbia
  Vukobratovic, D.; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Serbia
© Copyright 2023 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

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