Authors - Hai D. Nguyen, Nguyen Ngoc Quan, Viet H. Le, Mai T. Nguyen, Nguyen Huy Trung, Le Duc Huy, Nhu Son Nguyen Abstract - Military forces launch offensive operations to defeat and destroy enemy. Battlefield surveillance enables provisioning of timely and correct battle space information to commanders, both prior and during the launch of offensive operations. Static battlefield surveillance devices have certain limitations which restrict their usage during offensive operations. In the current paper, we review the requirement of surveillance devices during various periods of offensive operations, the limitations of static surveillance devices and efficacy of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) as prime battlefield surveillance device for offensive operations. We then explore the possibility of connecting UAVs with existing cellular base stations and with vehicle mounted cellular base stations which can be moved into enemy territory with the progress of offensive operations. Furthermore, a UAV communication model for enhanced battlefield surveillance during offensive operations is presented after analyzing various antenna techniques utilized to achieve desired data rates for UAV operations.
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