Approach
Slow down if freshness drops.
Logistics and medical transport
The pilot is far away. The image must tell the truth.
In drone transport the pilot sits in an operations centre and supervises several flights at once. When landing in a city they decide about metres, so they must know how old the image is.
Needs: Fleet from one centreControl from a centreTwo networks at once
Illustrative case study
Samples between two buildings
This is not a customer and not a flight that happened. It is a description of how this area would read if the image carried its age.
A city, a roof and a yard, an illustration
The pilot is in a centre, the drone tens of kilometres away. The approach to the pad is where age decides about metres. A car in the street moves before an old frame arrives.
In the example Direct suggests slowing when freshness drops. The landing does not rest on a frozen image of the yard.
A second shipment flies the same day. Every flight has its own panel. The pack is attached to the shipment, not to the day.
The pad
Valid only.
Hand-over
The record goes with the shipment.
AKIZU does not carry samples. It supplies image age to the operator that does.
Image age through the example
The chart requires JavaScript.
The chart is a simulation. Move the slowdown and see when the example stops being under the 50 ms target. The target is not a measured result.
Deployment schematic
Where everything stands and how the image travels
The schematic is not to scale and is not a design for a specific site. It shows where the drone is, which two networks carry the frame and where the decision is made.
Numbers in the schematic
- 1Launch from the hospital roof.
- 2Pad L in the lab yard. Here age decides about metres.
- 3Two networks over the city.
- 4Platform ties the flight to the shipment.
- 5The pilot in the centre. When freshness drops, Direct suggests slowing.
- 6The pack goes with the shipment.
Symbols in the schematic
- BStation or launch point
- DDrone with AKIZU Brain
- S1 · S2Two mobile networks at once
- PAKIZU Platform: fleet and pack
- OAKIZU Direct: operator and image state
Red and blue beacons: police, state, the military in training. Orange: everyone else. The blink is only on screen. Schematic, design. The list beside it explains the codes in the drawing. The beacon is a payload from another maker, not an AKIZU product.
Concrete case
Minute by minute
The same illustrative case as above, written out in time. The times are an example. It is not a record of a flight that happened.
- 10:02A sample shipment ready on the roof.
- 10:04Launch. The pilot is in the centre, tens of kilometres away.
- 10:11Approach to pad L. Freshness drops, Direct suggests slowing.
- 10:12Image valid. Landing.
- 10:14Hand-over. The record is tied to the shipment.
- 13:30Second flight. Its own panel, its own pack.
An illustration, not a deployment record. N
Use options
Everything it can be used for in this area
Each row is a separate use. The Parts column says which AKIZU parts it would involve. Status N is a design, C is a target, U is unknown.
| Use | Who uses it | What AKIZU supplies | Parts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samples between hospital and lab | Carriage operator | Age on approach and landing | Brain, SIM, Direct | N |
| Medicine to a remote site | Health service | Two networks on a route outside the city | Brain, SIM | N |
| Spare parts on a site | Maintenance | A pad with a valid image | Brain, Direct | N |
| Several flights a day | Carriage dispatch | Each flight its own panel and pack | Platform | N |
| Delivery to a house | — | Not a target of this site | — | U |
None of these uses is deployed today. A row is not an offer and not an authorisation to fly.
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The problem today
01
The pilot is tens of kilometres away
The image travels over the mobile network and the internet. Delay changes and the pilot cannot see it.
02
The landing pad is in the city
Signal and cells change between buildings. Landing is exactly where one network is weakest.
03
Customers want to know what happened
After a delay or an aborted flight you need to show what the image was and which commands the pilot gave.
04
Several flights in one centre
The pilot must not get the age from a flight other than the one they control.
Without AKIZU and with AKIZU
The same situation, different information on the screen. Proposed behaviour, to be verified in a pilot.
| Situation | Without AKIZU | With AKIZU |
|---|---|---|
| The image is late | The image looks live; the pilot does not know how old it is. | Frame age is on the screen and the state changes to Reduced freshness. N |
| Several drones, one team | The operator does not know which image is current. | Every drone has its own age and state. An old image is not treated as confirmation. N |
| The pilot is in a centre far from the drone | Latency changes and the pilot cannot see it. | The deadline guard warns when a command arrives late. N |
| One network fails | The image freezes or breaks up. | The frame arrives over the second network; the switch is logged. N |
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How it would work
- Flight planPlatform shows the route and the segments where weaker coverage is likely.
- TransitBrain sends the image over two networks and measures the age of every frame.
- ApproachWith reduced freshness Direct warns the pilot and suggests slowing down.
- Hand-overPlatform stores the evidence pack with the shipment.
- Another flightEvery drone has its own panel. States are not mixed.
The flow is illustrative. AKIZU is in development.
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Mission scenario
How many metres further the drone is than the image shows. Pick a scenario or set the speed and image age.
The interactive calculation requires JavaScript.
Scenario speeds are examples. 87.4 ms is the p99 measured internally over WiFi with a phone as transmitter, not on a drone.
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Requirements and answers
| Requirement | How AKIZU answers it | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Pilot far from the drone | Image age on the centre screen and the deadline guard | N |
| Urban landing | Two networks on approach, first valid copy | N |
| Supervising several flights | Fleet, states and alerts in Platform | N |
| Record for the customer | Evidence pack attached to the flight | N |
- Zmeasured internally
- Mmanufacturer data, not verified by AKIZU
- NAKIZU design
- Ctarget
- Pplan
- Odesign estimate
- Unot yet known
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Who works with it
01
Pilot in the centre
Sees image age on every approach and gets a warning in time.
02
Transport dispatcher
Has an overview of all flights and their state.
03
Customer
Gets the flight record for a claim or audit.
What we will measure in the pilot
- Frame age p99 at landing≤ 50 ms C
- Time in Valid≥ 95 % C
- Flights with a complete evidence pack100 % C
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What you get after every flight
- Frame age p99 during approach and landing
- Time in Valid for the whole flight
- Network switches near the landing pad
- Evidence pack attached to the shipment
- The pack attached to a specific shipment, not to the day
Recommended products
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Context
Flights controlled from another country already run
In Belgium, since August 2025, drones have carried samples between two hospital sites, with flights operated from the United Kingdom.
Source: DroneLife
U-space rules apply since 2023
EU Regulation 2021/664 on the U-space applies from 26 January 2023.
Source: EUR-Lex 2021/664
Which networks will AKIZU use?
LTE and 5G. The Brain Duo concept sends every frame through two operators at once. The 3GPP standard expects the network to recognise a drone in the air, so we plan AKIZU SIM cards with an aerial profile at the operator.
Does AKIZU replace a BVLOS authorisation?
No. BVLOS flights need an authorisation in the Specific category based on a SORA 2.5 risk assessment. AKIZU Platform is meant to give the operator an image-age record as evidence for that assessment.
What happens when the network fails?
The station does not show an old frame as current. When the age exceeds the deadline it switches to a neutral screen and shows the reason. We measured the switch internally within 2.72 ms.
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What the operator sees
The three image states in this area. Proposed behaviour, to be verified in a pilot.
The pilot in the centre can continue the approach.
Direct suggests slowing before the pad.
The landing does not rest on a frozen image of the city.
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How the fleet is laid out
Illustrative layout. Drone and station counts are an example, not an offer.
Drone with the shipment
Route between buildings
The pilot is tens of kilometres away.
Further flights
The same centre
One team supervises several drones. Each has its own age.
The pad
Roof or yard
This is where age decides about metres.
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How a response runs
Times are an example. They show when image age decides.
- launchCentreRoute and segments with weaker coverage.
- transitTwo networksAge of every frame.
- approachDeadlineSlow down if freshness drops.
- hand-overPackAttached to the shipment.
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What we do not do in this area
Not a logistics company
AKIZU does not carry samples. It supplies image age to the operator that does.
Not a U-space service
Airspace rules are for the state. We supply numbers about the image.
Not shipment insurance
The record helps with a claim. It is not an insurance contract.
A pilot in this area
The pilot is far away. The image must tell the truth.
We are looking for first partners. The application is pre-filled for this area.
Other areas
Example deployments are illustrative. AKIZU is in development and does not replace a BVLOS authorisation.
In more detail
Before a meeting on carriage
Age decides on the approach. We do not carry the load.
Bring the pad and how far the pilot is from it. A car in the street moves before an old frame arrives.
A landing should not rest on a frozen yard. Slowing when freshness drops is a design, not a measured autopilot.
Bring to the meeting
- The pilot's distance.
- What is on the pad.
- How many flights go in one day.
This is not
- Carriage as our service.
- Permission to land.
- Cargo insurance.
Explore
Explore every area and the other sections
Twelve solution areas and the sections that belong with them. The case studies are illustrations, not completed deployments.
Solutions
01Public safety02Infrastructure inspection03Drone manufacturers04Defence and resilience06Industrial sites and ports07Crisis management and civil protection08Mobile operators09Corridors and convoys10Search and rescue11Public events12Perimeters and airports