A model for evaluating the effectiveness of the monitoring system using a group of unmanned aerial vehicles

Аuthors

Maximov N. А.^*, Skleimin Y. B.^**, Sharonov A. V.^***

*e-mail: N-A-Maximov47@yandex.ru
**e-mail: skleymin@yandex.ru
***e-mail: anatoly.sharonov@yandex.ru

Abstract

We can get maximum effect from the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), if a certain infrastructure, including a group of UAVs, mobile control tools, system of commands and information receiving and transmission, as well as information- processing equipment is formed. The transition from the use of single UAVs to highly organized UAV complexes assumes the availability of advanced supporting and control complexes. Their creation is impossible without preliminary analysis and modeling of the processes of information interoperability of separate systems, included in such complexes.

The paper describes a conceptual model of complex monitoring system built by the authors, which uses UAV complex combined with both control systems and systems of information processing and delivery.

The object of modeling are information processes, occurring in supporting and control complexes: monitoring data acquisition, its transmission through the channel forming means and processing at various facilities distributed among the transmission path.

The goal of modeling:

— identification of successful strategies of complexes organization and functioning:

— operational feasibility checking of monitoring schedule, processing and connection under conditions of random interferences and hardware failure (or killing effects for military applications);

— the possibility of using the model as an instrument for monitoring current system conditions with the use of real data;

— the possibility of operational rescheduling caused by unexpected changing of system operating conditions.

Statistics obtained as a result of the imitation modeling enables evaluation of different approaches to organization and operation strategy of the system, and obtaining an starting point for more detailed, and hence more laborious optimization, reducing the search for optimal solution set.

The developed imitation model allows evaluate the effectiveness of monitoring system at the stage of design, and can be useful for monitoring (shooting) strategies selection.

The developed model was tested on a series of hypothetic examples distinct from each other in strategies of UAV use for fulfilling the task of surveying the territory with pin-point targets located on it. The modeling was carried out in the wide range of initial data and revealed operating capacity and non-contradiction of the developed imitation model.

Developers of software tools and algorithms for information interaction can be users of the imitation model. Besides them, the described model can be used for distribution of tasks among UAVs belonged to different launch teams.

Keywords:

unmanned aerial vehicle, imitation model, data transmission system, performance evaluation, design, testing

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