Measurement-Based Cellular Band Air-to-Ground Channel Modeling for UAVs

Necati Kagan Erkek; Emre Balci; Berkin Halay; Ubeydullah Erdemir; Ali Gorcin; Hakan Ali Cirpan

doi:10.1109/VTC2022-Fall57202.2022.10012846

Measurement-Based Cellular Band Air-to-Ground Channel Modeling for UAVs

Necati Kagan Erkek^*, Emre Balci, Berkin Halay, Ubeydullah Erdemir, Ali Gorcin, Hakan Ali Cirpan

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Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

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Abstract

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) play a critical role in the fifth-generation and beyond communications. Since UAVs have an important potential in terms of getting deployed as base stations in next generation wireless networks, an extensive elaboration is required to model UAV wireless communication channels both in terms of large-scale and small-scale characteristics. To this end, the main objective of this study is to reveal alterations of air-to-ground wireless propagation channels for possible base station allocation at the height of 50 m, based on real measurements. The large-scale characteristics of the channel are analyzed by log-distance path loss model and the flat earth two-ray model. The small-scale characteristics of the propagation channel are examined considering the Rician K factor and root mean square delay spread. The measurement results also include channel impulse response and power delay profile results make it possible to observe the multi-path components on the wireless communication channel. The measurement campaign is conducted in a setting of hilly terrain layout at 2.57 GHz which is one of the 5G mid-band frequencies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2022 IEEE 96th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 2022-Fall 2022 - Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665454681
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VTC2022-Fall57202.2022.10012846
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	96th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 2022-Fall 2022 - London, United Kingdom Duration: 26 Sept 2022 → 29 Sept 2022

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Name	IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference
Volume	2022-September
ISSN (Print)	1550-2252

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Conference	96th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 2022-Fall 2022
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	26/09/22 → 29/09/22

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT This publication was made possible in part by the NPRP award [NPRP12S-0225-190152] from the Qatar National Research Fund, a member of The Qatar Foundation. The statements made herein are solely the responsibility of the authors.

Funders	Funder number
Qatar National Research Fund

Keywords

Air to Ground Channel
FE2R
Path Loss
Power Delay Profile
RMS Delay Spread
Software Defined Radio
UAV

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Erkek, N. K., Balci, E., Halay, B., Erdemir, U., Gorcin, A., & Cirpan, H. A. (2022). Measurement-Based Cellular Band Air-to-Ground Channel Modeling for UAVs. In 2022 IEEE 96th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 2022-Fall 2022 - Proceedings (IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference; Vol. 2022-September). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/VTC2022-Fall57202.2022.10012846

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Erkek, NK, Balci, E, Halay, B, Erdemir, U, Gorcin, A & Cirpan, HA 2022, Measurement-Based Cellular Band Air-to-Ground Channel Modeling for UAVs. in 2022 IEEE 96th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 2022-Fall 2022 - Proceedings. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, vol. 2022-September, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 96th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 2022-Fall 2022, London, United Kingdom, 26/09/22. https://doi.org/10.1109/VTC2022-Fall57202.2022.10012846

Measurement-Based Cellular Band Air-to-Ground Channel Modeling for UAVs. / Erkek, Necati Kagan; Balci, Emre; Halay, Berkin et al.
2022 IEEE 96th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 2022-Fall 2022 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022. (IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference; Vol. 2022-September).

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Measurement-Based Cellular Band Air-to-Ground Channel Modeling for UAVs

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