Measured radiation behaviour of a UAV-attached LTE antenna

Reingruber, Philipp; Langwieser, Robert; Berisha, Taulant; Mecklenbräuker, Christoph

doi:10.23919/EuCAP53622.2022.9768939

Record link:

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/197745

Title:

Measured radiation behaviour of a UAV-attached LTE antenna

Citation:

Reingruber, P., Langwieser, R., Berisha, T., & Mecklenbräuker, C. (2022). Measured radiation behaviour of a UAV-attached LTE antenna. In 2022 16th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP). 2022 16th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), Madrid, Spain. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.23919/EuCAP53622.2022.9768939

CatalogPlus:

AC17207643

Publisher DOI:

10.23919/EuCAP53622.2022.9768939

Publication Type:

Inproceedings - Full-Paper Contribution

Language:

English

Authors:

Reingruber, Philipp
Langwieser, Robert
Berisha, Taulant
Mecklenbräuker, Christoph

Organisational Unit:

E389-02 - Forschungsbereich Wireless Communications
E056-08 - Fachbereich Internet of Things

Published in:

2022 16th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)

ISBN:

978-88-31299-04-6

DOI of the book:

10.23919/EuCAP53622.2022

Date (published):

11-May-2022

Event name:

2022 16th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)

Event date:

27-Mar-2022 - 1-Apr-2022

Event place:

Madrid, Spain

Number of Pages:

Publisher:

IEEE, Piscataway

Keywords:

antennas; UAV; BVLOS; Radiation; measurements

Abstract:

In wireless systems, the realised characteristics of antennas in their operational environment are of major interest. This is especially true for wireless remote-control systems in combination with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In this paper we discuss measurement-based evaluations of a commercially available multi-band long term evolution (LTE) antenna mounted to the fuselage of a UAV. In comparison to the same antenna operated without the UAV, we observe an impact on antenna impedance as well as shadowing effects caused by the geometry of the UAV. Both lead to a reduced performance of the antenna and subsequently a reduction in communication reliability and range may be expected.

Research Areas:

Telecommunication: 100%

Science Branch:

2020 - Elektrotechnik, Elektronik, Informationstechnik: 100%

License:

In Copyright

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