Dataset-19: AERPAW Air-to-ground channel sounding and multipath measurement with a UAV

2025

2024, Drone, I/Q Dataset, Propagation Measurements, Trajectory

CBRS, UAV, USRP

Lead Experimenter

Anil Gurses, North Carolina State University

Link to Dataset

Dataset Link:
The dataset includes the raw captured signal and metrics from the UAV during the measurement. The SigMF format dataset can be accessed here [link].
Source CODE:
The source code for the channel sounder and post-processing script can be accessed here [link].

Publications Using This Dataset

A. H. F. Raouf, D. Lee, M. Rahman, S. Masrur, G. Reddy, C. Dickerson, M. S. Hossen, S. Vargas Villar, A. Gürses, S. Singh, S. J. Maeng, M. Ezuma, C. Roberts, M. R. Sarbudeen, T. J. Zajkowski, M. Mushi, O. Ozdemir, R. Asokan, I. Guvenc, M. L. Sichitiu, R. Dutta, “Curated Wireless Datasets for Aerial Networks Research,” Nature npj Wireless Technology, June 2026.
S. Mishra, B. Bhargava, Z. Liu, S. Islam, “UAV-CAS: A Calibrated Digital-Twin Dataset for Intrusion Detection in UAV Swarm Networks,” arXiv preprint, January 2026.
K. Tekbıyık, G. K. Kurt, A. Lesage-Landry, “PIKAN: Physics-inspired Kolmogorov-Arnold networks for explainable UAV channel modelling,” Proc. IEEE Aerospace Conference, March 2026.
A. Gürses, M. L. Sichitiu, “Air-to-Ground Channel Modeling for UAVs in Rural Areas,” Proc. IEEE Veh. Technol. Conf. (VTC), September 2024.
A. Gurses, “Wireless Digital Twins for UAV Communications and Networking,” PhD Dissertation, July 2026.

Equipment and Software Used

LPN on LAM, USRP B210, GNSSDO, Channel sounder software written in cython

Description

9 flights on different altitudes and frequencies for channel sounding measurements. 56 Mhz bandwidth Zadoff-Chu transmission as reference during the measurements.

Representative Results

This dataset includes the raw signal captured for the following measured channel impulse response and path loss below. All the figures below can be generated with the provided GitHub repository.

Potential use cases for this dataset include:

Wireless Channel Modeling for UAVs
Digital Twins
Spectrum Occupancy and RF Environment Analysis
Interference Management and Channel Estimation