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Dataset-25: Android-based Public 4G LTE Measurements from a Tethered Helikite

2025
2024, 4G LTE, Urban
PawPrints
2024, 4G LTE, Android, PawPrints, Public AT&T Cellular Network, Samsung S21, Smartphone, Urban

Lead Experimenter

Simran Singh, North Carolina State University

Link to Dataset

  • Dataset Link: Dataset: The dataset contains LTE KPIs of the AERPAW private Ericsson base station, such as RSRP, RSRQ and RSSI, collected at the UAV and logged at one-second intervals. Position information of the UAV, in terms of latitude, longitude, and altitude, is also included. The dataset is shared in .csv format at [Google Drive].
  • Source Code: Post Processing scripts are shared at [GitHub].

Equipment and Software Used

Samsung S21, PawPrints Android App, SPN on a SAM

Description

A HeliKite carrying a commercial off-the-shelf smartphone, with PawPrints cellular logging app installed on it, was tethered to the ground within North Campus of North Carolina State University (NC State), Raleigh, for approximately one and half hours, wherein it eventually rose to an altitude of 120 m. The cellular provider was Cellular Wireless, which uses AT&T base stations. A GPS logger onboard the HeliKite recorded the latitude, longitude, and altitude. Radio and GPS measurements were recorded at one-second intervals and merged based on the timestamp, and are shared in a .csv file.

Publications

    Representative Results

    The LTE RSRQ, RSRP and RSSI results are presented below.

     

     

    Potential use cases for this dataset include:

    • Cellular network planning for aerial users
    • Air to ground coverage analysis for commercial cell towers