Unmanned aerial vehicles for power line inspection: A cooperative way in platforms and communications

Journal of Communications

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 687-692

  Deng, Chuang ^a   Wang, Shengwei ^b   Huang, Zhi ^b   Tan, Zhongfu ^c   Liu, Junyong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA   (China)

^c NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Communication relay; Datalink; Fixed wing; Hexrotor; Power line inspection; Tethered rotor; UAV

Indexed keywords

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

COMMUNICATION RELAYS; DATALINK; HEXROTOR; POWER LINE INSPECTIONS;

FIXED WINGS;

EID: 84907145082     PISSN: 17962021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12720/jcm.9.9.687-692     Document Type: Article

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