This is one of the sample experiments for Ericsson 5G network in the AERPAW testbed.
Important note to the Experimenters: Ericsson experiments are Non-Canonical experiments, meaning they don't follow the Canonical experiments model with Development or Emulation mode, so the experimenters are required to follow the procedure as described in Section 2.10 for Ericsson experiments.
Experiment Objective
The main goal of this experiment is to show the AERPAW users the capabilities of the AERPAW 5G logging tool called PawPrints. The PawPrints app runs on an Android UE device like Samsung S21, uses Android APIs to collect data in realtime, and can get the data recorded connecting to a companion computer.
For the sample experiment, please refer to Section 6.1.7.1 under Android Cellular Experiments.
Small Portable Node (SPN - PawPrints)
It is a small portable node (SPN) based on an Android phone S21, a LattePanda computer as a companion computer, and a GPS receiver.
Note: The 5G network is already preconfigured and the portable node is pre-programmed to capture default parameters, so the user is not required to do anything.
The 5G network radios supports band n78 for NR carrier operating in 3.3 - 3.5 GHz frequency band and band 66 for LTE carrier operating in 1.7/2.1 GHz frequency band. The 5G NSA network is pre-configured as in Section 4.1.6.
The PawPrints logs the following KPIs, and note that some of them are reported as "unavailable" by the Android API.
4G LTE Carrier
RSRP (dBm)
RSRQ (dB)
RSSI (dBm)
Timing advance
Frequency ARFCN number
Signal strength in dBm and ASU
Cell identity (CI) and physical cell identity (PCI)
Channel quality index (CQI): Reported as unavailable in experiments
5G NR Carrier
Synchronization signal’s (SS) RSRP (dBm)
SS RSRQ (dB)
SS SINR (dB)
Signal Strength in dBm and ASU
Channel State Information (CSI) signal’s RSRP (dBm): Reported as unavailable in experiments
CSI RSRQ (dB): Reported as unavailable in experiments
CSI SINR (dB): Reported as unavailable in experiments
Preparing Vehicle plan file
This sample experiment uses a plan file PF7 given in Section 3.1.2.2. as shown here with the following parameters -
30m altitude, 10 m/s speed, 1278 m distance, zigzag flight path.
There are more sample vehicle mission plan files available here to choose from. In that case, the experimenter specifies the mission plan file that they would like to use in the AERPAW Experiment Information Request Form.
Alternatively, the experimenter can create their own mission plan file by following the procedure given in Section 3.1.2, and submit it by sending it to AERPAW Ops email id aerpaw-operations@ncsu.edu.