A Platform to Sense, Act, Communicate Through Drones.

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1 A Platform to Sense, Act, Communicate Through Drones

2 Overview Which How applications can we target? wireless technologies can help? Agriculture Infrastructures Industry 4.0 From Ground to Web Territory Ardito Desio

3 Our Field Wireless Technologies Overview Wi-Fi ZigBee LPWAN

4 Our Field Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) Pros Low Power Consumption Increased Coverage Possibilities Extended Reachable Range Increased Network Capacity Cons Less Provided Throughput Basement 20 km

5 LPWAN Comparison Zigbee/ Multi-hop -> More devices to maintain and Routing Coordinator Routers Source LPWAN Single -very long- hop Sink Source

6 LoRa Physical layer Frequency ISM bands (Europe: 433 MHz and 868 MHz) Bandwidth 125 khz, 250 khz Modulation LoRa (proprietary standard) Narrow Band High Sensitivity -> Spreading Spectrum techinques

7 LoRa Modulation Spreading Factor Symbol time T s = 2SF BW When SF increases, Symbol Time increases and it is easier for the receiver to «recognize» a symbol -> better sensitivity G P = BW R S = 2 SF, so if SF++ then ΔG P 3dB

8 LoRaWAN Introduction Three classes of devices Star network topology Up to MAC layer implementation

9 Why LoRa? Long Range Better connectivity implies efficient UAV coverage

10 Why Drones? Mobility means go where needed Altitude means less obstacles Ground User

11 What ICT Solutions for the Internet of Things Better Environmental Monitoring and Control Technologies for Smart Spaces Wireless Data Collection From Ground to Web (via Drones)

12 What Better Environmental Monitoring and Control Sparse Areas Inaccessible or Harsh Environments Precision Agriculture improved harvesting Smart Farming faster management Landslides, Rivers, Water Management crisis prevention Drone Flights More Cost Effective

13 What Technologies for Smart Spaces Connectivity, Sensing and Actuation Wireless Low Cost Solutions Civil Infrastructures augmented control Indoor Spaces more reliable automation Smart Cities better services Cutting Edge Solutions

14 How Integrated Solution End User Ground Segment Flight Segment Data Segment Data Flight Ground

15 How Ground Segment Embedded Systems equipped with low cost radio E.g. Raspberry Pi with additional PCB Firmware programmable modules Sensors Collect environmental data Customised to specific applications

16 How Flight Segment Drones equipped with low weight radio Real Time or upon landing transmission of data

17 How Data Segment Data Analytics Online Maps Customised to specific application Process data as requested Display results

18 How A Project Lifetime Feasibility study Commitment Project design & Prototyping Look for hardware components Ground Segment Flight Segment Firmware and Software development Application modules Radio Data Segment Final assembly Prototype Example

19 UAVs Today Applications Personal use Photogrammetry Precision or Smart Agriculture Environmental Monitoring Our Demos Red Cross Proof of Concept Management and safety of rescue missions

20 Heron WiFi + Zigbee + 3G Up to 70 m distance video sensors/sec

21 Albatross GPS + LoRa + 3G Up to 10 Km distance 10 devices/sec

22 Albatross Up to hectares LoRa + 3G sensors in 20 min

23 Rescue Mission: the problem Coordination Safety of the mission of the rescuers User needs help! Already Explored

24 Example 1: Ground Segment Emergency and Target Found Buttons GPS Module Accelerometer LoRa Transceiver

25 Example 1: System Overview Web

26 PoC Coordinating operators on the field

27 PoC Coordinating operators on the field

28 PoC Coordinating operators on the field

29 Smart Buildings: application Monitoring of different buildings characteristics Building vibrations and seismic activity Temperature and Humidity monitoring Luminosity control CO 2 monitoring

30 Example 2: Ground Segment Luxmeter digikey.com ti.com Temperature and Humidity Sensor CO 2 Sensor Accelerometer digikey.com mouser.in Globe thermometer teko.it LoRa Transceiver itsensor.it

31 Example 2: System Overview Project RIGERS Cloud LoRa LoRa Sensor nodes Gateways Internet

32 UAVs Today Regulation Constraints Entities like ENAC or FAA control over flights Line of Sight Professional and Consumer drones Unreliability UAVs need to be safe to hover near or above people

33 UAVs Tomorrow UAV networks or FANETs

34 UAVs Tomorrow Collect sensor data for Smart Cities IoT Delay Tolerant Networking

35 UAVs Tomorrow ATG communication links Increase Coverage

36 UAVs Tomorrow ATG communication links Increase Capacity

37 UAVs Tomorrow Post-disaster Scenario

38 A Platform to Sense, Act, Communicate Through Drones