Multi-beam Transmitarrays for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Communications

该项目旨在开发用于无人机通信的具有独立波束控制能力的多波束共形发射阵列的基础技术。与目前的无人机天线相比，所提出的天线可以齐平地安装在无人机的机身上，提高空气动力学性能，同时还实现了显著更高的无线连接数据速率。该项目预计将在天线研究的许多方面取得科学突破，并使无人机能够通过发送/接收大量数据来利用大数据技术，从而成为应急管理和改造许多工业部门的强大工具，如农业，食品和水。

This project aims to develop fundamental technologies for multi-beam conformal transmitarrays with independent beam steering capabilities for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communications. Compared to current UAV antennas, the proposed antennas can be flush mounted to the body of UAVs, improving aerodynamic performance while also achieving significantly higher data rates for wireless connectivity. This project is expected to generate scientific breakthroughs in many aspects of antenna research and enable UAVs to leverage big data technologies by transmitting/receiving large amounts of data, thus serving as a powerful tool for emergency management and for transforming many industry sectors, such as agriculture, food and water.