A pilot study on aeronautical surveillance system for drone delivery using heterogeneous software defined radio framework

Jesus David Terrazas Gonzalez*, Wai Keung Fung

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper presents a heterogeneous computing framework to interface single board computers (SBC) to (i) distinct type of computing nodes, (ii) distinct operating systems, and (iii) distinct software applications for aeronautical surveillance system for drone delivery. The implementation platform selected is the Beagle Bone Black (BBB) having the operating system (OS) Linux Ubuntu 14. The computing nodes the BBB interfaces to are: (i) a personal laptop (MacBook Pro), (ii) a virtual machine, and (iii) two servers with distinct OSs. The software applications the BBB interfaces to are: (i) Gqrx, (ii) GNURadio, (iii) Google Earth, (iv) systems took kit (STK), and (v) Matlab. This heterogeneous computing framework, with the potential for incorporating specialized processing and networking capabilities, allows scalability for system integration to existing surveillance system for manned aircrafts. The proposed system successfully decodes the location of aircraft in real-time.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 IEEE International Conference on Real-Time Computing and Robotics, RCAR 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages499-504
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781538620342
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jul 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event2017 IEEE International Conference on Real-Time Computing and Robotics, RCAR 2017 - Okinawa, Japan
Duration: 14 Jul 201718 Jul 2017

Publication series

Name2017 IEEE International Conference on Real-Time Computing and Robotics, RCAR 2017
Volume2017-July

Conference

Conference2017 IEEE International Conference on Real-Time Computing and Robotics, RCAR 2017
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityOkinawa
Period14/07/1718/07/17

Keywords

  • Beagle Bone Black
  • RTL-SDR
  • SBC
  • SDR
  • STK
  • Software Defined Radio
  • heterogeneous computing
  • networking
  • single board computer

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