According to foreign media reports, qualcomm, said it was cooperating with AT&T, unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) test can use mobile network.
Said, the Qualcomm Technologies unit will start analysis of unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) how you can use commercial 4 g LTE network, cooperation with AT&T will test for the mobile network coverage, signal intensity, as well as the usage scenario. The test will be conducted in qualcomm park is located in San Diego.
Qualcomm, said the team would investigate mobile network how to make the uav flying out of sight, it is very suitable for the security check, delivery system and so on, because have to work in a remote drones.
Unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) test will be based on qualcomm Snapdragon Flight development platform, and it is understood that this platform mainly for robots and unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) to provide processing, vision navigation and positioning function. Flight carrying the development platform is Xiao dragon 801 processor, equipped with corresponding software and development tools.
For AT&T wireless operators, the use of LTE unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) is also a good choice, this kind of equipment may be mobile phone after the next growth, its work in the field will be more in need of data transmission.
Qualcomm cooperation with AT&T another purpose, is to test 5 g technology application on the unmanned aerial vehicle (uav), knowledge of regulatory and specifications.