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Unmanned Aircraft System Control and ATC Communications Bandwidth RequirementsThere are significant activities taking place to establish the procedures and requirements for safe and routine operation of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS). Among the barriers to overcome in achieving this goal is the lack of sufficient frequency spectrum necessary for the UAS control and air traffic control (ATC) communications links. This shortcoming is compounded by the fact that the UAS control communications links will likely be required to operate in protected frequency spectrum, just as ATC communications links are, because they relate to "safety and regularity of flight." To support future International Telecommunications Union (ITU) World Radio Conference (WRC) agenda items concerning new frequency allocations for UAS communications links, and to augment the Future Communications Study (FCS) Technology Evaluation Group efforts, NASA Glenn Research Center has sponsored a task to estimate the UAS control and ATC communications bandwidth requirements for safe, reliable, and routine operation of UAS in the NAS. This report describes the process and results of that task. The study focused on long-term bandwidth requirements for UAS approximately through 2030.
Document ID
20080010686
Acquisition Source
Glenn Research Center
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Henriksen, Steve
(ITT Corp. Herndon, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 2008
Subject Category
Aircraft Communications And Navigation
Report/Patent Number
E-16057
NASA/CR-2008-214841
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNC05CA85C
WBS: WBS 561581.02.08.03.11.01
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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