2023 article
Spectrum Monitoring and Analysis in Urban and Rural Environments at Different Altitudes
2023 IEEE 97TH VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, VTC2023-SPRING.
author keywords: 5G; C-Band; CBRS; helikite; LTE; spectrum monitoring; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
TL;DR:
The results reveal that generally the mean value of the measured power increases as the altitude increases where the line-of-sight links with nearby base stations is more available.
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11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Added: November 20, 2023
Due to the scarcity of spectrum resources, the emergence of new technologies and ever-increasing number of wireless devices operating in the radio frequency spectrum lead to data congestion and interference. In this work, we study the effect of altitude on sub-6 GHz spectrum measurement results obtained at a Helikite flying over two distinct scenarios; i.e., urban and rural environments. Specifically, we aim at investigating the spectrum occupancy of various long-term evolution (LTE), 5th generation (5G) and citizens broadband radio service (CBRS) bands utilized in the United States for both uplink and downlink at altitudes up to 180 meters. Our results reveal that generally the mean value of the measured power increases as the altitude increases where the line-of-sight links with nearby base stations is more available. SigMF-compliant spectrum measurement datasets used in this paper covering all the bands between 100 MHz to 6 GHz are also provided.