A USRP-Based Channel Sounder for UAV Communications

Guojin Zhang, Xuesong Cai, Wei Fan, Gert Frolund Pedersen

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Abstract

The unmanned-aerial-vehicle (UAV) has attracted great interests in both civil and military applications, due to its low cost, flexibility and ability to establish seamless coverage. In this paper, a Universal Software-defined Radio Peripheral (USRP) based channel sounding system for characterizing the UAV communication channel is introduced, which can be applied in both active and passive measurement campaigns. To investigate the effect of the equipment in the UAV measurement system, measurements were conducted by connecting two USRP devices directly with a cable. Furthermore, a post-processing method is proposed to calibrate the delay shift and 'fake' Doppler frequency caused by the frequency deviation of the local oscillator in the system.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2020
PublisherIEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9788831299008
ISBN (Print)9781728137124
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020 Mar
Externally publishedYes
Event14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2020 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Duration: 2020 Mar 152020 Mar 20

Conference

Conference14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2020
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityCopenhagen
Period2020/03/152020/03/20

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
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Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Control Engineering

Free keywords

  • 'fake' Doppler frequency
  • and
  • channel sounding
  • delay shift
  • Doppler frequency
  • fake
  • unmanned-aerial-vehicle (UAV)

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