# Experimental Study on LTE Mobile Network Performance Parameters for Controlled Drone Flights
## 2 Overview of Drone Realization for LTE Mobile Network Parameter Measurements  
The overview of studies that describe certain drone usage for certain LTE mobile network parameter measurements is included in Table 1. \begin{table}
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**Ref.** & **Year** & **Drone/Measurement Device** & **Geographical Location** & **Environment** & **Application Scenario** & **Altitude (Meters)** & **Measurement \\ \hline
[34] & 2018 & Crane with multi-antenna receiver setup. & Aalborg, Denmark & City, suburbs, rural & Multi-antenna receiver techniques for & 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, & RSP, RSPR, PSRO, SINR \\  & & Rohde \& Schwarz mobile network scanner & & & & & RSRP, DIA, SIRR and DIR; \\
[31] & 2017 & mounted & Denmark & Rural area & Analysis of the radio interference for & & & DL time traces, ECCK; \\  & & underneath a commercial basecopter drone. & & & & UAV connectivity over LTE. & 15, 30, 60, 120 & UL RSP, DL and UL IRC \\  & & Portable radio network scanner (R& & & & 3 dB SIR gain \\
[34] & 2017 & TSMA), attached underneath a commercial UAV. & Denmark & Rural area & Detection of airborne UEs based on LTE radio measurements. & 15, 15, 30, 60, & RSSI, ASRR, \\  & & Quad-rotor drone with an open-source & & & & 120 & RSRP, RSRQ \\  & & atapoint & & & & & \\
2018 & platform Arduino Palo Al and G-only mobile phone for measuring latitudes, longitudes, heights, and the RSRP of 4G network. & & Urban environment & 4G network for air–ground data & & \\  & & & & transmission: a drone-based & 0-500 & RSRP, & packet loss rate, \\  & & & & experiment. & & & \\
2019 & Drones, smart phones and Keysight Nemo Outdoor, Rohde \& Schwarz QualiProc. & & & & & UL PRBs, \\  & & & & & & & UL MCS class, \\  & & & & & & drones in rural environments. & & UL data rate, \\  & & & & & & UL TX power. \\  & & & & & & & \\
2019 & Ultra-micro drone with Novatel AG modern 2019 & Irvine, USA & No information provided & Drone mapping of 4G cellular network & & & \\
2019 & (model \& USB Universal Serial Data 7201) & Irvine, USA & No information provided & & & & \\  & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & \\
2021 & drone (DJ Matiere 200) and TEMS pocket application version 22.1.2 installed on the smartphone. & Flagstaff, Arizona, USA & & Urban area with the highest building height of 15 m & Commercial LTE network for UAV communication in rural areas. & 40, 80, 120 & DL throughput, and UL throughput \\  & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & \\
2023 & and NB-IoT radio frequency (RF) & Odense, Denmark & No information provided & Investigation of 5G, LTE, LTE-M, and NB-IoT coverage for drone communication above 450 Foot. & 137.16 m (450 & RSRP, \\  & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & \\
2022 & system, in which a drone is controlled by a smartphone via cellular networks. & China & Suburban environment and urban environment & Delay measurements of drones & & SINR, delay \\  & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & \\ \end{tabular}
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Table 1: Recent research regarding drone realization for LTE mobile network parameter measurements. \begin{table}
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**Ref. ** & **Year** & **Drone/Measurement** & **Geographical** & **Environment** & **Application Scenario** & **Altitude** & **Measurement** \\  & **Device** & **Location** & **Location** & & & **(Meters)** & **(Meters)** & **(Meters)** \\ \hline
[40] & 2023 & SneRAN open-source SDR software. A & \begin{tabular}{c} Raleigh NC, \\ \end{tabular}  & \ \begin{tabular}{c} Rural area \\ USA \\ \end{tabular}  & \begin{tabular}{c} Impact of 3D antenna radiation pattern \\ In UAV at-to-ground path loss \\ modeling and RSRP-based localization \\ in rural area. \\ \end{tabular}  & 30, 50, 70, 90, & \multirow{4}{*}{RSRP} \\
[41] & 2023 & Custom-made UAS with a DronesIDSG & \ \begin{tabular}{c} Ordense, \\ Denmark \\ \end{tabular}  & No information &