This paper proposes a communication protocol for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) using ZigBee technology. A review of the state-of-the-art of Flying Ad-hoc Networks (FANETs) and its main respective technologies is presented in detail. A comparison among Long Term Evaluation (LTE), WiFi, and ZigBee is performed, thus showing that ZigBee stands out as a good alternative to scenarios without proper infrastructure. A Raspberry Pi 3 Model B board associated with module XBEE PRO S3B 915 MHz is embedded in a UAV model DJI Phantom 3 Standard to carry out the tests. The obtained results show that the adopted protocol is capable of sending and receiving images between the UAV and the ground station. Tests are also performed using a flying aircraft, where it is demonstrated that the transmission is successfully executed for all cases and the communication protocol operates accurately. In addition, a brief analysis of the time interval required by the process is presented, as there are no significant differences among the existing scenarios.

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基于 Zigbee 协议的多无人机网络通信网络

本文提出了一种使用 ZigBee 技术的无人驾驶飞行器 (UAV) 通信协议。详细介绍了飞行自组织网络 (FANET) 及其主要技术的最新进展。对长期评估 (LTE)、WiFi 和 ZigBee 进行了比较，从而表明 ZigBee 是没有适当基础设施的场景的良好替代方案。与模块 XBEE PRO S3B 915 MHz 关联的 Raspberry Pi 3 B 型板嵌入无人机型号 DJI Phantom 3 Standard 中以执行测试。得到的结果表明，所采用的协议能够在无人机与地面站之间发送和接收图像。还使用飞行器进行测试，证明在所有情况下都成功执行了传输，并且通信协议运行准确。此外，还简要分析了流程所需的时间间隔，因为现有场景之间没有显着差异。