Application: Emergency/Disaster Response/Search and Rescue
Description
UAV’s can improve the effectiveness of disaster relief and emergency response efforts by enhancing first responder capabilities and providing advanced predictive capabilities and early warnings. UAV systems can aid in many disaster and emergencies including natural disasters, such as storms, heavy snow, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions, civil disturbances, oil or chemical spills, and urban disasters. These events can make land routes and waterways temporarily inaccessible by terrestrial or marine means and may also interrupt the communication infrastructure, leaving the affected area isolated. UAV’s collect real-time data about the scale of the damage caused by the disastrous event and relays information about the disaster zone in real-time to the disaster coordination base. By having timely and correct information, first responder agencies can distribute aid supplies effectively and to the places most in need.
Devices
- If a speaker has been installed in the UAV, voice messages from the disaster coordination base can be delivered to disaster victims via the cellular network, while the voice of victims can be picked up using the microphone mounted on the UA, and relayed back to the disaster coordination base.
The UAV may also be equipped with video camera (HD/4K/8K/360) to provide additional disaster information.
KPIs
| KPI | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DL E2E Packet Latency | Moderate: < 50 ms | — |
| UL E2E Packet Latency | Moderate: 10 ms - 100 ms | — |
| E2E Packet Jitter | Sensitive (ms) | — |
| DL User Experience Data Rate (Mbps) | Low: < 10 Mbps | — |
| UL User Experience Data Rate (Mbps) | Ultra high data rate: 501 Mbps - 1 Gbps | — |
| Communication Service Availability | Medium: 90 - 95% | — |
| Guaranteed Bit Rate | GBR | — |
| Criticality | Safety critical | — |
| Priority Service (NS/EP) | Yes | — |
| Service Continuity | Required | — |
| Mobility | Pedestrian to low Vehicular. Location of devices above ground level needs to be considered. | — |
| Synchronization Precision | > 1 µs | — |
| Connection Density | Low: < 1000 | — |
| Communication Direction | Two-way | — |
| Common Communication Mode | Unicast | — |
| Data Reporting Mode | Continuous-based | — |
| Device Type and Form Factor | Small non-display module | — |
| Device Integration | Integrated | — |
| Device Lifespan | Short: 2 - 4 years | — |
| Device Power Constraints | Constrained: < 2 W | — |
| DL E2E Packet Reliability | High: < 10E-6 | — |
| UL E2E Packet Reliability | High: < 10E-6 | — |
| Survival Time | > 100 ms | — |
| Connectivity Service Area | Wide-area | — |
| APIs | Device-based | — |
| Connectivity Type (BAN/PAN/WAN/LAN) | WAN - Cellular/LPWA/Satellite | — |
| Sidelink Connectivity | Can be beneficial | — |
| Sidelink Connectivity Data Rate | Very high data rate : 101 - 1000 Mbps | — |
| Sidelink Connectivity Latency | Low < 10ms | — |
| Position Accuracy | Relaxed (3 m - 30 m) | — |
| Sensing Range Resolution | Moderate (10 m - 50 m) | — |
| Velocity Resolution | 1-10 m/s | — |
| False Alarm (FA) | < 5 % | — |
| Missed Detection (MD) | < 5 % | — |
| Edge Computing Service | Can be beneficial | — |
| EC: Edge Compute Offload | Device <--> Edge | — |
| EC: Edge Storage Offload | Device <--> Edge | — |
| EC: Edge Application Enablement Services | Not required | — |
| EC: Edge Proximity | Device Edge | — |
| EC: Distributed and Autonomous Management of Edge Resources | Not required | — |
| AI/ML Service | Not applicable | — |
| Connectivity Subscription Provisioning | Pre-subscribed and reprovision-able | — |
| Number of Subscriptions Supported by the Device | 1 | — |
| Connectivity Subscription Management | Remote management (common in-vehicle telematics terminals) | — |
| User Interface for Device Management | Power on switch only | — |
| Local Connectivity for Device Configuration and Management | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, etc.; | — |
| Device Configuration and Customization | Required post-deployment | — |