The US Army wishing to find a solution to the problem of lack of communications in inaccessible areas attempts to turn unused drones in overhead signal transmission systems Wi-Fi.
His preletterof Mobile Hotspots the usual suspect DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency), the research arm of the US Pentagon. A key concern of the program is to achieve data transfer capability, via drones, of up to one gigabyte (GB) per second.
The idea was born out of a variety of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles that can remain in the air for several hours. At the same time, there has been a boost from successful testing of relevant policy programs.
The main problem is the initial fitting of the appropriate equipment to the drone. DARPA researchers have developed small antennas that operate at very high frequencies, as well as special amplifiers that can boost the signal while producing half the noise compared to common amplifiers.
All of this equipment is placed in a shell that is about 20 centimeters long and weighs less than 9 kilograms. The shell of this class can be mounted on light drones such as the RQ-7 Shadow which is 3,5 meters long and weighs about 84 kg. Carrying the said latest technology equipment a Shadow can remain airborne for nine hours.
As noted in Medium, the next step is to successfully adapt the equipment to drone and start the relevant tests. If the venture is successful, airborne hotspots are supposed to accompany US Terrestrial staff when they are deployed in remote areas with non-existent or damaged infrastructure.
