UAV technology for MHz-to-THz scientific missions
Lorenzo Ciorba
PhD
Politecnico di Milano
event online by Microsoft Teams
November 24th, 2022
5.30 pm
PhD
Politecnico di Milano
event online by Microsoft Teams
November 24th, 2022
5.30 pm
Sommario
On November 24th, 2022 at 5.30 pm, a new appointment of the “Thursday meetings – A glance to the future at cocktail-hour”, organized by EIIT – CNR Institute, will take place online by Microsoft Teams.
The series of fortnightly meetings deal with specific themes connected to IEIIT – CNR institute with transversal vision through application domains and technological areas with particular attention to their evolutions.
The next seminar is a special session of the "Thursday meetings", called "Youth of IEIIT", dedicated to young researchers in training (PhD students, research fellows, etc.) of the CNR-IEIIT who will be given the opportunity to present their research activities carried out within the reference research groups. The "Youth of IEIIT" sessions of the "Thursday meetings" will alternate with the classic sessions which will continue with the usual biweekly cadence.
The new seminar will be held by Dr. Lorenzo Ciorba (PhD) on the following subject "UAV technology for MHz-to-THz scientific missions".
A new era in astronomy will begin when the first sky images will be taken by huge radio telescopes such as the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). On the other hand, large radiometers such as the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR) will enable high-priority Earth observation missions and direct monitoring of climate change (ice at poles, sea temperature, sea salinity). These antenna-based sensors will be providing a huge amount of data and information to the scientific community. Of course, such instruments require a very accurate characterization in order to guarantee properly calibrated measurements. This task has been addressed in an innovative way at CNR-IEIIT.
The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology has been experimented as antenna measurement solution thanks to its portability, low cost, and ability to perform arbitrary paths. Using UAVs, previously mentioned large instruments (ground-based instruments) can be characterized in situ through high signal-to-noise ratio and high dynamic range measurements, a feature that no calibrator has ever achieved so far with this level of accuracy. The increased flexibility is also capable of end-to-end system verification.
Inverse source techniques have been exploited to process Near-Field data, whereas optimization strategies provided significant reduction of the UAV flight time.
The promising results suggest the usage of the presented technique in other applications such as radars, 5G base stations, satellite ground-station and user terminal measurements.
Participation is free but registration is required at following LINK.
The series of fortnightly meetings deal with specific themes connected to IEIIT – CNR institute with transversal vision through application domains and technological areas with particular attention to their evolutions.
The next seminar is a special session of the "Thursday meetings", called "Youth of IEIIT", dedicated to young researchers in training (PhD students, research fellows, etc.) of the CNR-IEIIT who will be given the opportunity to present their research activities carried out within the reference research groups. The "Youth of IEIIT" sessions of the "Thursday meetings" will alternate with the classic sessions which will continue with the usual biweekly cadence.
The new seminar will be held by Dr. Lorenzo Ciorba (PhD) on the following subject "UAV technology for MHz-to-THz scientific missions".
A new era in astronomy will begin when the first sky images will be taken by huge radio telescopes such as the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). On the other hand, large radiometers such as the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR) will enable high-priority Earth observation missions and direct monitoring of climate change (ice at poles, sea temperature, sea salinity). These antenna-based sensors will be providing a huge amount of data and information to the scientific community. Of course, such instruments require a very accurate characterization in order to guarantee properly calibrated measurements. This task has been addressed in an innovative way at CNR-IEIIT.
The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology has been experimented as antenna measurement solution thanks to its portability, low cost, and ability to perform arbitrary paths. Using UAVs, previously mentioned large instruments (ground-based instruments) can be characterized in situ through high signal-to-noise ratio and high dynamic range measurements, a feature that no calibrator has ever achieved so far with this level of accuracy. The increased flexibility is also capable of end-to-end system verification.
Inverse source techniques have been exploited to process Near-Field data, whereas optimization strategies provided significant reduction of the UAV flight time.
The promising results suggest the usage of the presented technique in other applications such as radars, 5G base stations, satellite ground-station and user terminal measurements.
Participation is free but registration is required at following LINK.
