Lightweight UAV-based Measurement System for Air-to-Ground Channels at 28 GHz

Vasilii Semkin; Seongjoon Kang; Jaakko Haarla; William Xia; Ismo Huhtinen; Giovanni Geraci; Angel Lozano; Giuseppe Loianno; Marco Mezzavilla; Sundeep Rangan

doi:10.1109/PIMRC50174.2021.9569561

Lightweight UAV-based Measurement System for Air-to-Ground Channels at 28 GHz

Vasilii Semkin
, Seongjoon Kang
, Jaakko Haarla
, William Xia
, Ismo Huhtinen
, Giovanni Geraci
, Angel Lozano
, Giuseppe Loianno
, Marco Mezzavilla
, Sundeep Rangan

NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Aalto University
Universitat Pompeu Fabra

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Abstract

Wireless communication at millimeter wave frequencies is an attractive option for high-bit-rate connectivity to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). However, conducting the channel measurements necessary to assess the communication performance at these frequencies has been challenging due to the severe payload and power restrictions in commercial UAVs. This work presents a novel lightweight (approximately 1.3kg) channel measurement system at 28GHz installed on a commercially available UAV. A ground transmitter equipped with a horn antenna conveys sounding signals to a UAV equipped with a lightweight spectrum analyzer. We demonstrate that the measurements can be highly influenced by the onboard antenna pattern as shaped by the UAV's frame. A calibration procedure is presented to correct for the resulting angular variations in antenna gain. The measurement setup is then validated on real flights from an airstrip at distances in excess of 300m.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 IEEE 32nd Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2021
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	848-853
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-7281-7586-7
ISBN (Print)	978-1-7281-7587-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PIMRC50174.2021.9569561
Publication status	Published - 13 Sept 2021
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	32nd IEEE Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2021: Online - Virtual, Helsinki, Finland Duration: 13 Sept 2021 → 16 Sept 2021

Publication series

Series	IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications Workshops
Volume	32
ISSN	2166-9570

Conference

Conference	32nd IEEE Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2021
Country/Territory	Finland
City	Helsinki
Period	13/09/21 → 16/09/21

Funding

The work of V. Semkin was supported in part by the Academy of Finland. The work of W. Xia, S. Rangan, M. Mezzavilla, and G. Loianno is supported by NSF grants 1302336, 1564142, 1547332, and 1824434, NIST, SRC, and the industrial affiliates of NYU WIRELESS. The work of A. Lozano and G. Geraci is supported by ERC grant 694974, by MINECO’s Project RTI2018-101040, by ICREA, and by the Junior Leader Fellowship Program from “la Caixa”.

Keywords

Antenna measurements
Wireless communication
Power Measurements
Shape measurement
Transmitting antennas
Radio transmitters
Millimeter wave measurements

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Semkin, V., Kang, S., Haarla, J., Xia, W., Huhtinen, I., Geraci, G., Lozano, A., Loianno, G., Mezzavilla, M., & Rangan, S. (2021). Lightweight UAV-based Measurement System for Air-to-Ground Channels at 28 GHz. In 2021 IEEE 32nd Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2021 (pp. 848-853). IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/PIMRC50174.2021.9569561

Semkin, Vasilii ; Kang, Seongjoon ; Haarla, Jaakko et al. / Lightweight UAV-based Measurement System for Air-to-Ground Channels at 28 GHz. 2021 IEEE 32nd Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2021. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2021. pp. 848-853 (IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications Workshops, Vol. 32).

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Lightweight UAV-based Measurement System for Air-to-Ground Channels at 28 GHz

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