A MIMO ground station for unmanned aerial system telemetry and data links

The communication system presented in this paper, uses a directional antenna tracking system to minimize required power consumption on a remote system. The system utilizes the telemetry data from a remote system to determine the required azimuth and elevation angles necessary to track and maintain communications with the vehicle. The system is intended for fully mobile applications where the orientation of the ground tracking station is arbitrary and unknown. This paper describes a self-contained system integrating onboard sensors to automatically calibrate the antenna tracking station.