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TITLE AND SUBTITLE:
Unmanned Aircraft System Control and ATC Communications Bandwidth Requirements
AUTHOR(S):
Henriksen, Steve
REPORT DATE:
2008-02-01
FUNDING NUMBERS:
WBS 561581.02.08.03.11.01
PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES):
ITT Corporation 12975 Worldgate Drive Herndon, Virginia 20170-6008
PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER:
E-16057
SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES):
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington, DC 20546-0001
REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVERED:
Final Contractor Report
SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY REPORT NUMBER:
NASA/CR-2008-214841
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES:
ABSTRACT:
There are significant activities taking place to establish the procedures and requirements for safe and routine operation of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS). Among the barriers to overcome in achieving this goal is the lack of sufficient frequency spectrum necessary for the UAS control and air traffic control (ATC) communications links. This shortcoming is compounded by the fact that the UAS control communications links will likely be required to operate in protected frequency spectrum, just as ATC communications links are, because they relate to “safety and regularity of flight.” To support future International Telecommunications Union (ITU) World Radio Conference (WRC) agenda items concerning new frequency allocations for UAS communications links, and to augment the Future Communications Study (FCS) Technology Evaluation Group efforts, NASA Glenn Research Center has sponsored a task to estimate the UAS control and ATC communications bandwidth requirements for safe, reliable, and routine operation of UAS in the NAS. This report describes the process and results of that task. The study focused on long-term bandwidth requirements for UAS approximately through 2030.
SUBJECT TERMS:
Pilotless aircraft; Command and control; Aircraft communication; Bandwidth; Spectrum
NUMBER OF PAGES:
47
PDF AVAILABLE FROM URL:
2008/CR-2008-214841.pdf ( 8231 KB )
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