Measurement-Based Characterization and Modeling for Low-Altitude UAV Air-to-Air Channels

Measurement-Based Characterization and Modeling for Low-Altitude UAV Air-to-Air Channels

In this paper, we characterize the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) air-to-air (A2A) channel for an 802.11-based low altitude network based on a preliminary measuring result over user datagram protocol (UDP) throughput, latency, received signal strength indicator (RSSI), and pack loss, via various fiel...

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Main Authors: Tianyu Liu, Zaichen Zhang, Hao Jiang, Yurong Qian, Kailin Liu, Jian Dang, Liang Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2019-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
Subjects:
UAV networks
channel measurements
air-to-air
path loss model
Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8766809/
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spelling doaj-af1c1812f37046cda09df55c1486aa0b2021-04-05T17:26:46ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362019-01-017988329884010.1109/ACCESS.2019.29299558766809Measurement-Based Characterization and Modeling for Low-Altitude UAV Air-to-Air ChannelsTianyu Liu0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0887-5816Zaichen Zhang1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4301-8713Hao Jiang2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6757-4231Yurong Qian3Kailin Liu4Jian Dang5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4199-9645Liang Wu6https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9054-0155Chien-Shiung Wu College, Southeast University, Nanjing, ChinaNational Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, Southeast University, Nanjing, ChinaNational Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, Southeast University, Nanjing, ChinaChien-Shiung Wu College, Southeast University, Nanjing, ChinaChien-Shiung Wu College, Southeast University, Nanjing, ChinaNational Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, Southeast University, Nanjing, ChinaNational Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, Southeast University, Nanjing, ChinaIn this paper, we characterize the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) air-to-air (A2A) channel for an 802.11-based low altitude network based on a preliminary measuring result over user datagram protocol (UDP) throughput, latency, received signal strength indicator (RSSI), and pack loss, via various field experiments. Latency and pack loss are strongly related to the stability of flight; while the UDP throughput and RSSI shows a related variation trend in terms of the communication distance and altitude. A modified model based on the classical log-distance path loss (PL) model is introduced to describe propagation path loss, demonstrating the decreasing trend of multi-path effect and shadow fading with an increase in altitude. The simulation work is done to specifically show the characterization of A2A channels based on UAVs in short distance and low altitude environment.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8766809/UAV networkschannel measurementsair-to-airpath loss model
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author Tianyu Liu
Zaichen Zhang
Hao Jiang
Yurong Qian
Kailin Liu
Jian Dang
Liang Wu
spellingShingle Tianyu Liu
Zaichen Zhang
Hao Jiang
Yurong Qian
Kailin Liu
Jian Dang
Liang Wu
Measurement-Based Characterization and Modeling for Low-Altitude UAV Air-to-Air Channels
IEEE Access
UAV networks
channel measurements
air-to-air
path loss model
author_facet Tianyu Liu
Zaichen Zhang
Hao Jiang
Yurong Qian
Kailin Liu
Jian Dang
Liang Wu
author_sort Tianyu Liu
title Measurement-Based Characterization and Modeling for Low-Altitude UAV Air-to-Air Channels
title_short Measurement-Based Characterization and Modeling for Low-Altitude UAV Air-to-Air Channels
title_full Measurement-Based Characterization and Modeling for Low-Altitude UAV Air-to-Air Channels
title_fullStr Measurement-Based Characterization and Modeling for Low-Altitude UAV Air-to-Air Channels
title_full_unstemmed Measurement-Based Characterization and Modeling for Low-Altitude UAV Air-to-Air Channels
title_sort measurement-based characterization and modeling for low-altitude uav air-to-air channels
publisher IEEE
series IEEE Access
issn 2169-3536
publishDate 2019-01-01
description In this paper, we characterize the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) air-to-air (A2A) channel for an 802.11-based low altitude network based on a preliminary measuring result over user datagram protocol (UDP) throughput, latency, received signal strength indicator (RSSI), and pack loss, via various field experiments. Latency and pack loss are strongly related to the stability of flight; while the UDP throughput and RSSI shows a related variation trend in terms of the communication distance and altitude. A modified model based on the classical log-distance path loss (PL) model is introduced to describe propagation path loss, demonstrating the decreasing trend of multi-path effect and shadow fading with an increase in altitude. The simulation work is done to specifically show the characterization of A2A channels based on UAVs in short distance and low altitude environment.
topic UAV networks
channel measurements
air-to-air
path loss model
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8766809/
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