Application: Surveillance and monitoring
Description
Surveillance UAV’s are used by many government organisations, such as police forces, environment agencies (for detection and management of natural events and threats) and border agencies (to detect smuggling and illegal immigrants). Key benefits of using a UAV for surveillance are the ability to rapidly deploy and provide a “bird’s eye” view of an area otherwise difficult to reach, along with the UAV’s ability to follow a moving object on the ground.
Devices
- Depending on the application, different types of cameras are used for surveillance. Visual cameras (HD/4K/8K/360) are used for capturing images during daylight, while a thermal camera may be used for night vision, seeing through smoke or fog, vegetation monitoring, fire and heat detection using infrared patterns, etc. Data may be streamed directly from the UAV via a secure communications channel to a remote central location.
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) | Medium: 10 - 50 Mbps | — |
| UL User Experience Data Rate (Mbps) | Ultra high data rate: 501 Mbps - 1 Gbps | — |
| Communication Service Availability | Low: < 90% | — |
| Guaranteed Bit Rate | GBR | — |
| Criticality | Mission critical | — |
| Priority Service (NS/EP) | No | — |
| Service Continuity | Required | — |
| Mobility | High speed vehicular: 120 to 350 km/h | — |
| 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 | — |