An Experimental Evaluation of LTE-A Throughput for Drones

被引:24
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作者
Hayat, Samira [1 ]
Bettstetter, Christian [1 ]
Fakhreddine, Aymen [1 ]
Muzaffar, Raheeb [2 ]
Emini, Driton [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria
[2] Lakeside Labs, Klagenfurt, Austria
[3] T Mobile Austria, Vienna, Austria
关键词
Wireless; drones; UAV; LTE-A; throughput; experiments; handover; UAV COMMUNICATION; AERIAL; CONNECTIVITY; NETWORKS; SKY;
D O I
10.1145/3325421.3329765
中图分类号
V [航空、航天];
学科分类号
08 ; 0825 ;
摘要
This work presents an experimental performance study on the wireless communication of a quadrocopter connected to an LTE-Advanced network. Measurements of TCP traffic analyze how the received power level, signal-to-interference ratio, and throughput depend on the flight height. An average throughput of 20 Mb/s in the downlink and 40 Mb/s in the uplink is achieved at 150 m. We also show how the number of line-of-sight links to base stations rises with height and leads to an increased handover rate.
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页数:6
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