Air-to-Ground Comms Connectivity Challenge
The Challenge
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The NSW Telco Authority sought non-terrestrial connectivity technologies that could provide ubiquitous connectivity across NSW. Improved connectivity has the potential to reduce the digital divide for regional and remote citizens and businesses and provide emergency services organisations with critical communications across the state.
The Solution
Supported by the NSSN, Dandelions will undertake a feasibility study to develop an unpowered air-to-ground vehicle integrated with a communications payload to provide on-demand communication networks in emergency situations.
NSSN connected Dandelions with researchers at Macquarie University and the University of Newcastle to assess the radio behaviour in varied terrain and to size down the P25 radio to be able to be airborne.
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University Partners
