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ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021

The Recent Advancement in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Tracking Antenna: A Review.

Anabi Hilary Kelechi, Mohammed H Alsharif, Damilare Abdulbasit Oluwole, Philip Achimugu, Osichinaka Ubadike, Jamel Nebhen, Atayero Aaron-Anthony, Peerapong Uthansakul

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Review in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Anabi Hilary KelechiDepartment of Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Air Engineering, AirForce Institute of Technology, Kaduna 800282, Nigeria.
Mohammed H AlsharifDepartment of Electrical Engineering, College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Sejong University, 209 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05006, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-8579-5444
Damilare Abdulbasit OluwoleDepartment of Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Air Engineering, AirForce Institute of Technology, Kaduna 800282, Nigeria.
Philip AchimuguDepartment of Computer Science, Faculty of Computing, AirForce Institute of Technology, Kaduna 800282, Nigeria.
Osichinaka UbadikeDepartment of Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Air Engineering, AirForce Institute of Technology, Kaduna 800282, Nigeria.
Jamel NebhenCollege of Computer Engineering and Sciences, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 151, Alkharj 11942, Saudi Arabia.
Atayero Aaron-AnthonyDepartment of Electrical and Information Engineering, Covenant University, Ota 112233, Ogun State, Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0002-4427-2679
Peerapong UthansakulSchool of Telecommunication Engineering, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima 30000, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0002-7108-9263

Funding

Deanship of Scientific Research at Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. Deanship of Scientific ResearchThis work was supported by SUT Research and Development Funds and by Thailand Science Research and Innovation (TSRI) Thailand Science Research and Innovation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) antenna tracking system is an electromechanical component designed to track and steer the signal beams from the ground control station (GCS) to the airborne platform for optimum signal alignment. In a tracking system, an antenna continuously tracks a moving target and records their position. A UAV tracking antenna system is susceptible to signal loss if omnidirectional antenna is deployed as the preferred design. Therefore, to achieve longer UAV distance communication, there is a need for directional high gain antenna. From design principle, directional antennas are known to focus their signal energy in a particular direction viewed from their radiation pattern which is concentrated in a particular azimuth direction. Unfortunately, a directional antenna is limited by angle, thus, it must always be directed to the target. The other limitation of a UAV mechanical beam steering system is that the system is expensive to maintain and with low reliability. To solve this problem, we are proposing the use of MIMO technology as a readily available technology for UAV beyond line of sight technology. Although UAV antenna tracking is domiciled in the mechanical beam steering arrangement, this study shows that this native technology could be usurped by MIMO beam forming.

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antenna arrayazimuth anglebeam steeringelevation angleMIMO technologyrangetracking antenna systemUAV

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PMID34451102
PMCPMC8402316

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