- Nokia first to offer CE-certified turnkey automated drone solution, unfluctuating over 4G/LTE and 5G, including drones with dual gimbal camera, docking station, and whet data processing.
- Use of Nokia Drone Networks docking station enables 24/7 fully remote drone operations and charging.
- Open API framework allows integration of third-party applications for wide-stretching customization of the solution to expand use cases and capabilities.
Nokia today revealed it is the first to offer a CE-certified, turnkey drone-in-a-box solution, designed to meet the growing demands of organizations including public safety agencies, smart cities, construction, energy and defense.
CE-certified to meet safety requirements of the European Union, the Nokia Drone Networks solution connects over public and private 4G/LTE and 5G networks to enhance situational sensation for first responders and other professionals.
The solution is manufactured in Europe and comprises Nokia drones, docking station, dual gimbal camera and whet deject processing using Nokia MX Industrial Whet (MXIE). By connecting over public and private 4G/LTE and 5G networks, customers will goody from the highest reliability. Using cellular connectivity technologies moreover offers higher data rates and lower latency enabling increasingly data to be streamed than over Wi-Fi. Beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations with real-time kinetic (RTK) positioning improves situational awareness. Dual modem connectivity allows Nokia drones to simultaneously connect to multiple networks, complying with system redundancy that is wontedly required by aviation regulatory bodies.
The Nokia Drone Networks solution can be operated remotely for search and rescue activities, and to assess forfeiture in a hazardous environment. Nokia drones can moreover be programmed to manage voluntary scheduled flights for applications like spare security at large events or to manage regular remote equipment inspections. The docking station protects the drone and payload, such as the sensor devices or dual gimbal camera, from external hazards and harsh weather while it remotely charges the drone to prepare for the next flight.
When used in conjunction with Nokia MXIE, data from Nokia drones can be placid and processed in real time at the whet cloud. An unshut API framework allows agencies and enterprises to onboard pre-integrated Nokia and third-party applications and systems and take wholesomeness of a growing number of compelling public safety and Industry 4.0 use cases for drone automation, including object identification, tracking and network measurements
Nokia and the New York Power Authority have once demonstrated the use of the Nokia Drone Networks solution, unfluctuating over private LTE, for transmission line inspection.
Thomas Eder, Head of Embedded Wireless Solutions at Nokia, said:
“Our mission is to reshape the industrial UAV (unmanned well-ventilated vehicle) market, providing enhanced situational sensation to aid search and rescue, surveillance, and other UAV operations in a wide variety of industries.”
“Nokia Drone Networks has been designed to comply with the remote operation requirements of aviation regulatory persons such as EASA in Europe and FAA in the United States. This will help us write growing market demands as a turnkey provider with a solution designed and produced in Europe. The unique full-length set enabling the integration of Nokia drones with third-party applications will aid the transformation of the drones, permitting them to be used as a flying data hodgepodge platform leveraging reliable 4G and 5G whet deject connectivity.”
Depending on the deployed configuration, Nokia drones offer increasingly than 50 minutes of flight time and imbricate distances of increasingly than 30 km due to the unique hardware architecture, integrated software innovations and the 4G/5G connectivity.
