Interference analysis for UAV connectivity over LTE using aerial radio measurements

Istvan Kovacs, Rafhael Medeiros de Amorim, Huan Cong Nguyen, Jeroen Wigard, Preben Elgaard Mogensen

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Abstract

The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for civilian and commercial services has experienced a significant increase in the past couple of years. Emerging UAV enabled services, however, require extended beyond-visual-line-of-sight geographical range. One key regulatory requirement for these services is that the radio communication link must reliably cover a wide(er) area, when compared to the visual-line-of-sight range radio links currently used. Standardized cellular systems such as Long Term Evolution UMTS (LTE), are an obvious candidate to provide the radio communication link to UAVs. In this paper, we use empirical measurements in live rural LTE networks to assess the impact of uplink and downlink radio interference on the UAV radio connectivity performance. Further, we provide a baseline analysis on the potential of interference mitigation schemes, needed to provide a reliable radio connectivity to the UAVs.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE 86th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall), 2017
Number of pages5
PublisherIEEE
Publication date27 Sept 2017
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-5090-5935-5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Sept 2017
Event2017 IEEE 86th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2017-Fall) - Toronto, Canada
Duration: 24 Sept 201727 Sept 2017
Conference number: 86

Conference

Conference2017 IEEE 86th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2017-Fall)
Number86
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityToronto
Period24/09/201727/09/2017

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