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AERPAW User Manual
1) AERPAW Overview
1.1) Deployment Areas and Fixed Node Locations
1.2) Main Entities and Interactions
1.3) Physical Resource Map
1.4) AERPAW Radio Node Types
1.5) Experiment Environment Types and Execution
2) Hello AERPAW!
3) User Resources and Policies
3.1) Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
3.2) User Support
3.3) Tutorial Videos
AADM Instructions
3.4) Platform Status Monitoring
3.5) FCC & FAA Regulations
3.6) Frequently Asked Questions
3.7) Experiment Inactivity and Expiration Policy
4) Experiment Portal Workflow
4.1) Types of Experiments
4.2) Experiment Lifecycle
4.3) User Interactions Flowchart
4.4) Common Interactions
4.4.1) Getting Ready - Work Computer
4.4.2) Obtain Access
4.4.3) Create Experiment
4.5) Canonical Experiment Interactions
4.5.1) Define Resources, Request Development
4.5.2) Receive Virtual Experiment Access
4.5.3) Develop your Experiment
4.5.4) Submit for Testbed Execution
4.5.5) Analyze Results
4.5.6) Cleanup, Please
4.5.7) Complete Video Example
4.6) Non-canonical Experiment Interactions
4.6.1) Workflow Procedure for Ericsson Experiment
4.7) Detailed Walkthroughs
4.7.1) Account Creation and Authentication
4.7.2) Account Authorization and Roles
4.7.3) Creating and Managing Projects
4.7.4) Creating and Managing Experiments
4.7.5) Canonical Experiment Access
5) Experiment Environment, Hardware, and Software
5.1) Wireless and Vehicle Software
5.1.1) QGroundControl Local Installation
5.1.2) Creating and editing mission plan files
5.1.2.1) Rover Plan Files
5.1.2.2) Existing Plan Files
5.1.3) MAVLink Filter
5.2) Development Environment
5.2.1) OEO Console
Link Quality Microservice
ADS-B Service
Collision Avoidance Service
Vehicle Camera Tracking
Vehicle Check
5.2.2) AERPAW-Provided Experiment Utilities
5.2.2.1) Checkpoint System
5.2.2.2) OEO Message Passing
5.3) AERPAW Equipment
5.3.1) Software Defined Radios
USRP Front Ends
5.3.2) AERPAW UAVs
5.3.3) AERPAW UGVs
5.3.4) Ericsson Network
Ericsson Equipments
Portable & Fixed nodes
5.3.5) Keysight RF Sensors
5.3.6) LoRa IoT
Ronoth LoStik
5.3.7) Equipment for Non-Canonical Experiments
Sivers mmWave
Fortem Radar
Keysight Propsim Channel Emulator
Facebook Terragraph Radios
5.4) Running Sample Experiment Software
5.5) Data Post-Processing
CSVMerge Script
KML Generator
CSVPlotter Script
6) Sample Experiments Repository
6.1) Radio Software
6.1.1) srsRAN Experiments
SE1: Multi-Node LTE SISO
SE2: LTE Cell Scan
SE3: Two-Node LTE MIMO
SE4: Multi-node IoT
SE6: Single-Node 5G SA
6.1.2) OAI Experiments
OE1: Two-Node LTE SISO
OE2: 5G IQ Collection with OAI
6.1.3) GNU Radio Experiments
GE1: OFDM TX-RX
OFDM Post-processing
GE2: Channel Sounder
GE3: LoRa PHY TX-RX
6.1.4) UHD Python-API Experiments
UHD1: Spectrum Monitoring
UHD2: IQ Collection
SigMF Data Formatting
6.1.5) Keysight RF Sensor Experiments
Connecting to AERPAW Windows Device for RF Sensor using AnyDesk
Signal Surveyor 4D Software
KRSE1: Spectrum Monitoring
KRSE2: Signal Classification
KRSE3: TDOA-Based Source Localization
6.1.6) Ericsson Experiments
EE1 5G Modem RF Logging
EE2: 5G Modem Ping Traffic Logging
EE3: 5G Modem IPerf Traffic logging
EE4: 5G logging using Pawprints
EE5: 5G 4x4 MIMO using Android SPN
EE6: 5G Handover using Quectel SPN
Post processing of Experiment logs
6.1.7) Android Cellular Experiments
6.1.7.1) PawPrints: Log 4G, 5G KPIs
6.1.7.2) Nemo: Log 4G, 5G KPIs
6.1.8) LoRa Experiments
6.1.9) Cellular Modem Experiment
6.2) Vehicle Control Software
VCS1: Preplanned Trajectory
Modifying Preplanned Trajectory
VCS2: GPS Logger
Manual Flight
VCS3: Multiple Vehicle Coordination
The Tracer and the Orbiter
VCS4: Autonomous Vehicle Control
Rover Search
Hide Rover
6.3) Traffic Generation Software
TGS1: Ping
4.3.1.1) Ping Post-processing
TGS2: iPerf
TGS3: MGEN
6.4) Sample End-to-End Experiments
E2E1: Single-UAV LTE eNB Serving Ground UEs
E2E2: Channel Sounder Post-processing
E2E3: LTE I/Q Post Processing
E2E4: 5G I/Q Post Processing
E2E5: TDOA-Based UAV Localization
E2E6: OAI 5G with Flying UAV
6.5) AERPAW Datasets
ACW 2025 Tutorial Information
DASC 2025 Tutorial Information
AERPAW User Manual
Equipment for Non-Canonical Experiments
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