Mobile Network-Connected Drones: Field Trials, Simulations, and Design Insights
Drones are increasingly used in a wide variety of industries and services and are delivering profound socioeconomic benefits. Technology needs to be in place to ensure the safe operation and management of this growing fleet of drones. In the past decades, mobile networks have connected tens of billions of devices on the ground and are now ready to connect drones flying in the sky. In this article, the authors share some of their findings concerning cellular connectivity for low-altitude drones. The authors first present and analyze field measurement data collected during drone flights in a commercial long term evolution (LTE) network. The authors then present simulation results to shed light on the performance of a network when it is serving many drones simultaneously over a wide area. The results, analysis, and design insights presented here help enhance understanding of the applicability of and performance concerns related to providing mobile connectivity for low altitude drones.
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- Copyright © 2019, IEEE.
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Authors:
- Lin, Xingqin
- Wiren, Richard
- Euler, Sebastian
- Sadam, Arvi
- Maattanen, Helka-Lina
- Muruganathan, Siva
- Gao, Shiwei
- Wang, Y-P Eric
- Kauppi, Juhani
- Zou, Zhenhua
- Yajnanarayana, Vijaya
- Publication Date: 2019-9
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: References;
- Pagination: pp 115-125
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Serial:
- IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine
- Volume: 14
- Issue Number: 3
- Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- ISSN: 1556-6072
- Serial URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=34840
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Drones; Field tests; Mobile communication systems; Simulation; Wireless communication systems
- Identifier Terms: Long Term Evolution
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Data and Information Technology; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01717501
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 19 2019 3:07PM