AERIQ: SDR-Based LTE I/Q Measurement and Analysis Framework for Air-to-Ground Propagation Modeling
In this paper, we introduce AERIQ: a software-defined radio (SDR) based I/Q measurement and analysis framework for wireless signals for aerial experimentation. AERIQ is integrated into controllable aerial vehicles, it is flexible, repeatable, and provides raw I/Q samples for post-processing the data to extract various key parameters of interest (KPIs) over a 3D volume. Using SDRs, we collect I/Q data with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) flying at various altitudes in a radio dynamic zone (RDZ) like outdoor environment, from a 4G LTE eNB that we configure to operate at 3.51 GHz. Using the raw I/Q samples, and using Matlab's LTE Toolbox, we provide a step-by-step description for frequency offset estimation/correction, synchronization, cell search, channel estimation, and reference signal received power (RSRP). We provide various representative results for each step, such as RSRP measurements and corresponding analytical approximation at different UAV altitudes, coherence bandwidth and coherence time of the channel at different UAV altitudes and link distances, and kriging based 3D RSRP interpolation. The collected raw data as well as the software developed for obtaining and post-processing such data are provided publicly for potential use by other researchers. AERIQ is also available in emulation and testbed environments for external researchers to access and use as part of the NSF AERPAW platform at NC State University.
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