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Characterization of A2G UAV communication channels under rician fading conditions Guno, Yomi; Adiono, Trio; Suryana, Joko; Triputra, Fadjar Rahino; Hidayat, Asyaraf; Octaviany, Siti Vivi
Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Vol 37, No 1: January 2025
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11591/ijeecs.v37.i1.pp143-153

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The variation in the k-factor value significantly influences the performance of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) air-to-ground point-to-point line of sight (A2G PTP LOS) communications over a Rician channel at 1,800 MHz using quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) modulation and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) techniques. The research emphasizes the impact of the k-factor, which quantifies the dominance of the line-of-sight component over multipath scattering. The variation in the k-factor significantly influences UAV A2G PTP LOS communication performance for the empirical model (EM), as it involves precise measurements of the received power level in dBm from UAV to ground control station (GCS) across varying distances and altitudes. We introduce a method to compute the k-factor by assessing the ratio of the line-of-sight signal power to the multipath signal power, thereby enhancing channel modeling accuracy. Empirical analysis shows a strong correlation between bit error rate (BER) and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) with differing k-factor values; a higher k-factor of 16.3 markedly improves performance, virtually eliminating errors at a 10 dB SNR, while a lower k-factor of 2.39 still shows significant errors at a 30 dB SNR. These results highlight the necessity of optimizing the k-factor in UAV A2G PTP LOS systems to ensure stable and reliable communication under diverse operational conditions.
MALE UAV LONGITUDINAL STABILITY DETERMINATION USING WIND TUNNEL DATA Adhynugraha, Muhammad Ilham; Megawanto, Fadli Cahya; Octaviany, Siti Vivi; Budiarti, Dewi Habsari; Muliadi, Jemie; Nami, Osen Fili; Wibowo, Singgih Satrio
Jurnal Teknosains Vol 14, No 1 (2024): December
Publisher : Universitas Gadjah Mada

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22146/teknosains.89420

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Unmanned aerial systems have been increasing in demand for a wide range of operations, including the rapid growth of advanced navigation and communication. One of the most important things in designing an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) is to ensure the system's stability, such as the UAS itself. This study was conducted on an in-house medium altitude long endurance (MALE) UAS aircraft. It is focused on analyzing the longitudinal stability of MALE UAS. A mathematical approach was used to analyze the longitudinal stability.  A series of wind tunnel tests using a scaled model of the MALE UAS is done to produce several sets of data containing longitudinal stability derivatives for various configurations. A few sets of data are chosen to obtain the stability derivatives needed. These stability derivatives are utilized to determine the longitudinal motion characteristic of the aircraft. The analysis of certain derivatives and the phugoid and short-period mode shows that the aircraft is statically and dynamically stable in longitudinal motion. The results indicated that a weight change prompted an altercation in the natural frequency of the short-period mode. The response also showed that reaching a new equilibrium state takes a rather long period after an arbitrary perturbation is initiated. The time required to subdue oscillation in axial and average velocities is more than 100 seconds. The stability in the pitch rate is reached in around 65 seconds. The time to reach stability in pitch angle response is around 65 seconds.