The ability to safely confine the trajectories of small UAS to a specific geographical area is a key enabler for capabilities that require operating in close proximity to populated areas as well as other users of the airspace. These capabilities require highly reliable geofencing algorithms. In particular, these algorithms must promptly alert imminent breaches of keep-in/keep-out geofences by considering factors such as the vehicle speed and uncertainties in the state of the aircraft. This paper presents a novel approach to the prevention of geofence boundary violation based on closure rate constraints. These constraints are incorporated into a control framework to effectively prevent fence breaches. Simulation results illustrating an example use case of this framework are presented.


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    Title :

    A Geofence Violation Prevention Mechanism for Small UAS


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences ; 2018 ; Belo Horizonte, Brazil


    Publication date :

    2018-09-05


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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