Antenna and propagation considerations for amateur UAV monitoring

Nan Zhao
,
Xiaodong Yang(corresponding author)
,
Aifeng Ren
,
Zhiya Zhang
,
Wei Zhao
,
Fangming Hu

*Corresponding author for this work

Xidian University
,
National University of Sciences and Technology Pakistan
,
University of Technology Sydney

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Abstract

The broad application spectrum of unmanned aerial vehicles is making them one of the most promising technologies of Internet of Things era. Proactive prevention for public safety threats is one of the key areas with vast potential of surveillance and monitoring drones. Antennas play a vital role in such applications to establish reliable communication in these scenarios. This paper considers line-of-sight and non-line-of-sight threat scenarios with the perspective of antennas and electromagnetic wave propagation.