UAS Model City for RF Experimentation
Abstract
Wireless at Virginia Tech and the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership (MAAP) worked jointly to specify and purchase equipment that will serve as a new infrastructure for experimentation that involves unmanned aerial vehicles and systems (UAVs / UAS) and radio frequency (RF) application such as wireless communications and navigation enabled by software defined radio (SDR) and other radio equipment. Example topics that can be supported by the infrastructure include use of UAVs as airborne transceivers for characterization of air-to-air and air-to-ground radio channels including multi-input, multi-output channels, use of UAVs as airborne gateways between terrestrial ad-hoc networks, and many others. The grant was used to purchase UAV, software defined radio (SDR) and other components to enable these experiments, and initial tests were performed to confirm the feasibility of airborne RF experimentation with the purchased UAVs. The report also summarizes ongoing and planned projects that will use the new experimental capability and lists major purchased items.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2023
- Accession Number
- AD1229300
Entities
Organizations
- Virginia Tech