Modeling of packet dropout for UAV wireless communications

Author

Zhou, Yifeng ; Li, Jun ; Lamont, Louise ; Rabbath, Camille-Alain

Author_Institution

Commun. Res. Centre, Ottawa, ON, Canada

fYear

2012

fDate

Jan. 30 2012-Feb. 2 2012

Firstpage

677

Lastpage

682

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the problem of channel modeling of packet dropout for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communications. A two-state Markov model is proposed, which incorporates the effects of Ricean fading. The proposed model is able to capture the non-stationary packet dropout characteristics of the channels. A closed-form solution is provided for estimating the model parameters from packet traces. Computer simulations and analysis are carried out to demonstrate the performance and effectiveness of the proposed model.

Keywords

Markov processes; Rician channels; aircraft communication; autonomous aerial vehicles; channel estimation; mobile radio; packet radio networks; wireless channels; Ricean fading; UAV wireless communication; channel modeling; closed-form solution; computer simulation; model parameter estimation; nonstationary packet dropout characteristics; packet traces; two-state Markov model; unmanned aerial vehicle communication; Computational modeling; Error analysis; Fading; Hidden Markov models; Markov processes; Receivers; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Maui, HI

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0008-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-0723-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCNC.2012.6167508

Filename

6167508