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AERPAW User Manual
AERPAW User Manual
1) AERPAW Overview
1.1) Deployment Areas and Map
1.2) Deployment Timeline
1.3) Overall Platform Architecture
1.4) Equipment Information
1.4.1) Software Defined Radios
USRP Front Ends
1.4.2) AERPAW UAVs
1.4.3) AERPAW UGVs
1.4.4) Ericsson Network
1.4.4.1 Ericsson Equipments
1.4.4.2 Portable & Fixed nodes
1.4.5) Keysight RF Sensors
1.5) Future Equipment
1.5.3) LoRa IoT
1.5.4) Facebook Terragraph Radios
1.5.5) Fortem Radar
1.5.6) Keysight Propsim Channel Emulator
1.5.8) Sivers mmWave
1.6) FCC & FAA Regulations
1.7) AERPAW Publications and DOI
1.8) Experiment Lifecycle Overview
2) Experiment Lifecycle Workflows
2.1) Account Creation and Authentication
2.2) Account Authorization and Roles
2.3) Creating and Managing Projects
2.4) Creating and Managing Experiments
2.5) Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
2.6) Experiment Access Workflow
2.7) User Support
2.8) Frequently Asked Questions
2.9) Contributing to AERPAW Development
2.10) Workflow Procedure for Ericsson Experiment
3) Experiment Structure Overview
3.1) Wireless and Vehicle Software
3.1.1) Local QGroundControl Install
3.1.2) Creating and editing mission plan files
3.1.2.1) Rover Plan Files
3.1.2.2) Existing Plan Files
3.1.3) MAVLink Filter
3.2) Development Environment
3.2.1) OEO Console
Link Quality Microservice
ADS-B Service
Vehicle Camera Tracking
3.2.2) AERPAW-Provided Experiment Utilities
3.2.2.1) Checkpoint System
3.2.2.2) OEO Message Passing
3.3) Sample Experiment Lifecycle
3.4) Running Sample Experiment Software
3.5) Data Post-Processing
CSVMerge Script
KML Generator
3.6) Platform Status Monitoring
4) Sample Experiments Repository
4.1) Radio Software
4.1.1) 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
4.1.2) OAI Experiments
OE1: Two-Node LTE SISO
OE2: 5G SA
4.1.3) GNU Radio Experiments
GE1: OFDM TX-RX
OFDM Post-processing
GE2: Channel Sounder
Channel Sounder Post-processing
GE3: LoRa PHY TX-RX
4.1.4) UHD Python-API Experiments
UHD1: Spectrum Monitoring
UHD2: IQ Collection
LTE I/Q Post Processing
5G I/Q Post Processing
4.1.5) Keysight RF Sensor Experiments
Signal Surveyor 4D Software
Connecting to AERPAW Windows Device for RF Sensor using AnyDesk
KRSE1: Spectrum Monitoring
KRSE2: Signal Classification
KRSE3: TDOA-Based Source Localization
4.1.6) Ericsson Experiments
EE1 5G Modem RF Logging
EE2: 5G Modem Ping Traffic Logging
EE3: 5G Modem IPerf Traffic logging
EE4: 5G logging on Andriod SPN with Pawprints
EE5: 5G 4x4 MIMO using Nemo SPN
EE6: 5G Handover using Quectel SPN
EE1 old - 5G Modem RF logging
Post processing of Experiment logs
4.2) Vehicle Control Software
4.2.1) Preplanned Trajectory
Modifying Preplanned Trajectory
4.2.2) GPS Logger
Manual Flight
4.2.3) Multiple Vehicle Coordination
The Tracer and the Orbiter
4.2.4) Autonomous Vehicle Control
Rover Search
Hide Rover
4.3) Traffic Generation Software
4.3.1) Ping
4.3.1.1) Ping Post-processing
4.3.2) iPerf
4.4) Data Repository
SigMF Data Formatting
4.5) Publications Based on AERPAW
5) Future Platform Features
5.1) Ericsson Network
5.1.1) Sample Experiments
5.2) Keysight RF Sensors
1A) RF Sensor Geolocation Software
1B) Case Study: Tracking Drones
2B) Case Studies: Bluetooth, Modulation Recognition, LoRa
3) VSA Software
5.3) Facebook Terragraph Radios
5.4) LoRa IoT Nodes
Configurable Parameters
General information
GE3: LoRa Communications
5.5) Keysight Propsim
5.6) Fortem Radar
5.7) SDRs (MATLAB)
1. Frequency Offset Calibration Using USRP Hardware
2. QPSK Transmitter and Receiver Using USRP Hardware
3. LTE MIMO Using USRP Hardware
4. FM Receiver Using USRP Hardware
5. IEEE 802.11 WLAN - OFDM Beacon Receiving Using USRP Hardware
6. FRS Full Duplex Transceiver Using USRP Hardware
5.8) SDR (Misc)
CSAI
OAI Install
USRP and SDR computer configuration and power limits
1. Base Station to Single UE Link (2 PCs) -- srsLTE
2. Base Station to Single UE Link (3 PCs) -- srsLTE
3. Using Premade Configuration Files -- srsLTE
4. Using Premade Scripts -- srsLTE
5. Base Station to Single Commercial UE (2 PCs) -- srsLTE
ACW 2025 Tutorial Information
AERPAW User Manual
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