IIT Kharagpur has developed a UAV-assisted communication infrastructure for 5G that can serve as an airborne mobile telecom tower amid an emergency.
According to IIT Kharagpur, the system includes an android-based application fitted to a fleet of drones which are programmed to create emergency communication networks from the closest available mobile towers.
The project is funded by Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The team of researchers has submitted the phase-I report to the ministry.
The researchers are open to the commercialisation of this intelligent UAV system.
