Elsight's HeatSight: Revolutionizing UAV Flight Planning with Cellular Coverage Mapping

In the rapidly evolving world of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), reliable connectivity is a critical factor for mission success. Elsight (ASX: ELS), a market leader in connectivity for unmanned and autonomous systems, has introduced HeatSight, a revolutionary cellular coverage mapping tool designed to provide UAV operators with the data they need to plan more effective and safer flights. By offering time-aggregated and altitude-based heatmaps, HeatSight enables operators to detect where cellular signal coverage is stronger, helping them to avoid congestion and ensure uninterrupted connectivity.

Elsight's HeatSight leverages the company's Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) Halo connectivity technology to record multiple RF (Radio Frequency) parameters during every flight for each cellular network and across different altitudes and times. The data is then uploaded to Elsight's AllSight Cloud Management platform, where it is aggregated over time to provide a continuously evolving picture of the network coverage landscape from a UAV's standpoint.

By providing a four-dimensional mapping (longitude, latitude, altitude, and time), HeatSight offers UAV operators a competitive advantage over traditional coverage maps. This approach enables operators to identify areas with optimal cellular coverage, as well as troublesome areas with poor cellular coverage, before embarking on a mission. By analyzing historical data, operators can choose the network paths with the strongest coverage and plan routes that avoid coverage dead zones. This actionable intelligence can make the difference between mission success and failure.

HeatSight also helps operators understand how weather conditions affect connectivity in specific locations. By cross-referencing AllSight's Heatmap data with historical weather information, operators can create specialized flight profiles for various scenarios. For example, if historical data shows that rain significantly impacts connectivity in certain areas, operators can create flight profiles tailored to such weather conditions. These flight profiles enable them to reroute missions dynamically while ensuring connectivity remains intact.

Moreover, HeatSight's data aggregation over time allows operators to make informed decisions and adapt to changing weather conditions and network fluctuations. By providing a comprehensive view of connectivity dynamics, HeatSight empowers operators to optimize flight missions and tackle challenges more effectively.

Elsight's CEO, Yoav Amitai, sees HeatSight as a game-changer for the UAV industry: "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. 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."

In conclusion, Elsight's HeatSight is a groundbreaking cellular coverage mapping tool that provides UAV operators with the data they need to plan safer and more effective flights. By offering time-aggregated and altitude-based heatmaps, HeatSight enables operators to identify optimal coverage areas, avoid troublesome zones, and adapt to changing weather conditions and network fluctuations. As the UAV industry continues to grow and evolve, HeatSight is poised to become an essential tool for operators seeking to maximize the potential of their unmanned aerial vehicles.