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Drones
With technology upgrades, uses for drones are being researched on a daily basis. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in particular, the WiNGS lab group, has been looking at utilizing the quick response times of drones in emergency situations to provide information to the emergency responders.
Initial Drone Work
Initial work to test the fiesibility of working with wireless data connectivity technology, in this case WiMAX, the group worked to provide live streaming video from a drone in flight.
Here is a YouTube video of our live demo at the Global Environment for Network Innovation (GENI) Engineering Conference.
Current Work
We are in the process of expanding the WiMAX coverage around the greater Madison area. Initial propagation models have been created by Tony Kapella and a colleague of his to show the minimum signal strengths in and around the city.
Propagation Models
Estimated coverage plot of 5NINES 5M network in the downtown Madison area. Speeds of 30 to 15 mbits should be possible in the green areas, orange should be ~14 to 8 mbits, and red areas will likely provide ~7 to 1 mbits
Propataion model for around the capitol:
Propagation model east of the capitol:
Propagation model of the city of Madison:
