Experimental Characterization of Air-to-ground Propagation at mm-Wave Frequencies in Dense Urban Environment

Enrico M. Vitucci; Vasilii Semkin; Maximilian J. Arpaio; Marina Barbiroli; Franco Fuschini; Claude Oestges; Vittorio Degli-Esposti

doi:10.23919/EuCAP51087.2021.9411249

Experimental Characterization of Air-to-ground Propagation at mm-Wave Frequencies in Dense Urban Environment

Enrico M. Vitucci
, Vasilii Semkin
, Maximilian J. Arpaio
, Marina Barbiroli
, Franco Fuschini
, Claude Oestges
, Vittorio Degli-Esposti

Catholic University of Louvain
University of Bologna

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

10 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

In the present study, a measurement setup utilizing mm-wave transceivers with steerable directive antennas, mounted on both a customized UAV and a ground station has been used to study Air-to-Ground (A2G) radio links and, more generally, full-3D mm-wave propagation in urban environment. We evaluate the double-directional characteristics of the channel by rotating the antennas, deriving Power-Angle Profiles at both link ends. Preliminary results provide useful understanding of A2G propagation, e.g. the influence of the antenna tilt angles, or the mechanisms allowing for the signal to propagate from street canyons to the air.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2021
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	978-88-31299-02-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23919/EuCAP51087.2021.9411249
Publication status	Published - 22 Mar 2021
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2021: Online - Virtual, Hybrid, Dusseldorf, Germany Duration: 22 Mar 2021 → 26 Mar 2021

Conference

Conference	15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2021
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Dusseldorf
Period	22/03/21 → 26/03/21

Funding

Authors would like to thank AslaTech for taking care of UAV customization, permission to fly and flight safety throughout the measurement activity. This work is supported in part by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR) under the programme “Dipartimenti di Eccellenza (2018–2022)—Precision Cyberphysical Systems (P-CPS)”, and by the EU COST action CA15104 “Inclusive Radio Communications (IRACON)”. The work of V. Semkin is supported in part by the Jorma Ollila grant and by the Academy of Finland. The work of C. Oestges is supported by MUSEWINET project under the Belgian Science Foundation FRS-FNRS (Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique) EOS programme.

UN SDGs

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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

air-to-ground measurements
UAV-aided wireless communications
urban propagation

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Vitucci, E. M., Semkin, V., Arpaio, M. J., Barbiroli, M., Fuschini, F., Oestges, C., & Degli-Esposti, V. (2021). Experimental Characterization of Air-to-ground Propagation at mm-Wave Frequencies in Dense Urban Environment. In 15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2021 Article 9411249 IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. https://doi.org/10.23919/EuCAP51087.2021.9411249

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Experimental Characterization of Air-to-ground Propagation at mm-Wave Frequencies in Dense Urban Environment. / Vitucci, Enrico M.; Semkin, Vasilii; Arpaio, Maximilian J. et al.
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