HeatSight Delivers Altitude-Based Cellular Coverage Mapping, Transforming BVLOS Connectivity and UAV Operations
by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian J. McNabb
Israeli-based Elsight, a company focused on unmanned connectivity solutions, announced today the launch of HeatSight, a revolutionary signal strength mapping tool which provides reliable data on cellular coverage for more effective and safer UAV flight planning. HeatSight is available to Elsight’s AllSight management platform customers.
HeatSight enables cellular coverage mapping of drone-flying altitudes by providing time- aggregated and altitude-based heatmaps, revealing where and when coverage thrives and where it falters across four dimensions (longitude, latitude, altitude, and time). Similarly to how a crowd-sourced traffic map can tell you when there’s a big slowdown ahead on the highway or where police have set up speed traps, HeatSight can help UAV operators detect where cellular signal coverage is stronger for safer and more reliable flights.
HeatSight leverages Elsight’s Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) Halo connectivity technology to record multiple RF (Radio Frequency) parameters during every flight across varying cellular networks, altitudes, and times. Elsight’s AllSight Cloud Management platform can then take the uploaded data, where it is aggregated over time to provide a continuously evolving picture of the network coverage landscape.
“Think about using Waze to determine your best routes, HeatSight gives your UAV operators the data on the paths of strongest cellular coverage for your BVLOS missions,” said Yoav Amitai, CEO of Elsight. “It’s not only about static information, but operators may discover that certain areas are experiencing signal congestion during specific periods or weather conditions which would enable them to adjust mission flight paths or times for uninterrupted connectivity.”
“By producing a detailed and accurate data history of cellular coverage, HeatSight could simplify regulatory mandates dictating that UAV flights maintain ‘well-connected’ paths. Over time, HeatSight could be used as a revenue-generator tool for mobile operators to serve the UAV industry more effectively,” added Amitai.
More information on Elsight and their HeatSight software tool is available here.
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Miriam McNabb is the Editor-in-Chief of DRONELIFE and CEO of JobForDrones, a professional drone services marketplace, and a fascinated observer of the emerging drone industry and the regulatory environment for drones. Miriam has penned over 3,000 articles focused on the commercial drone space and is an international speaker and recognized figure in the industry. Miriam has a degree from the University of Chicago and over 20 years of experience in high tech sales and marketing for new technologies.
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