Following what China has done, Turkey is also reportedly developing a drone equipped with a BTS (Base Transceiver Station) transmitter device. The drone used is Anka-S which is equipped with a payload in the form of a 4.5G BTS capsule console. Armed with the BTS console, the Anka drone can integrate ULAK's 4.5G base station.
The news of the trial of the Anka-S drone equipped with a BTS console was first announced via the Twitter account of Ismail Demir, Head of the Turkish Defense Industry Directorate. It was stated that the trials were carried out to check the ability of drones produced by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) to transmit video, audio and data via satellite from the Türksat operator.
The drone, which is equipped with a BTS capsule, is claimed to have succeeded in establishing communication at low and medium altitudes. BTS systems placed on drones can not only be used by the military.
Moreover, the integration of BTS into drones will open access to communication in disaster-affected areas. Ismail Demir said that this project will continue. "The next stage is to test the BTS drone at a higher altitude," said Demir.
The Anka-S carries a PD170 turbopropeller engine with 150 HP power. Uniquely, this machine can drink from diesel fuel and JP-8 aviation fuel. The propeller blades consist of three and are pinned at the rear. As a MALE drone, Anka-S can fly for 24 hours non-stop at an altitude of 9,200 meters above sea level.
Anka's control and avionics technology is supported by synthetic aperture radar (SAR), inverse SAR (ISAR) and ground moving target indicator (GMTI) radar for detecting, identifying and tracking moving targets on the surface. On the nose of the Anka-S it looks bigger, because this is a radome in which there is an airborne satellite communications (SATCOM) antenna of the high-power ViaSat VR-18C type.
The concept of an Aerial base station (ABS) or Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-Mounted Base Station (BS) has long been developed in developed countries. Relying on unmanned vehicles, both in the form of drones and hot air balloons, ABS is expected to be a bridge for communication access in rural areas and an emergency communication response solution when natural disasters occur. However, the ABS concept that has been developed so far is still limited.
Called limited, because it is still dominated by the scope of trials that do not involve the full role of cellular operators. Not to mention, ABS access restrictions are still stuck in the scope of 2G and 3G technology.
In this case China became a pioneer, on June 20 2022, Sichuan Xichuan Shield Department, announced that it had successfully flown the MALE (Medium Altitude Long Endurance) Shuangxiao UAV drone in a mission that was claimed to be the first time in the world.
The Shuangxiao drone, which is equipped with two turboprop engines, carries the Jiuquan Fan Piercing Terminal, which is a high-altitude base station device, which will receive verification through trials. Sichuan Xichuan Shield Department said that this is the world's first trial aerial base station capable of handling transmissions from several cellular operators.
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Not only that, this is also the first air base station capable of handling several cellular services based on 2G, 3G and 4G. Cellular services include voice, SMS and mobile data.
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