In the face of severe natural disasters such as tsunami, earthquakes and mudslides, the general mobile base stations will be seriously damaged, which will result in disruption of communication in related areas and cause many difficulties in the critical period of disaster relief.
Foreign media reported that the two communications giants from the United States, AT&T and Verizon, are currently working on a new technology that will allow drones to provide temporary mobile communications services in emergencies, thus effectively avoiding post-disaster rescue. Many inconveniences.
It is reported that Verizon has developed a plan called "Air LTE Action" internally. The plan is to use drones as temporary mobile base stations to provide mobile communication services to the ground during a disaster.
In this research plan, Verizon will cooperate with "American Aerospace Technologies" and will launch trials on UAV mobile communications in the future. According to the news, the wing length of the communications drones used in the study can reach 5.2 meters, which is far beyond the consumption consumer drones used for high-altitude photography by ordinary consumers.
In addition, Verizon also hopes that this communication drone will be able to play professionally in more fields. For example, checking the transmission network in the high altitude is normal, checking the working status of the oil pipeline, or collecting farm and crop growth data.
Coincidentally, Verizon’s number one competitor, AT&T, is also developing a very similar technology.
According to media reports, last month AT&T formally announced that it would cooperate with Qualcomm and the two parties will study a drone capable of connecting to a mobile communications network. Key technologies include the use of drones to provide a wide range of high-strength mobile communications coverage. .
As the processor overlord of the mobile phone industry, the news shows that Qualcomm is preparing to expand the UAV chip market. Previously, it has specially developed a drone chipset product, “Qualcomm Flight Platformâ€. AT&T drones are expected to use Qualcomm’s multiple drone solutions.
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