Harvard UAV Networking Lab
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Research
Raw RSSI traces from one of our flight experiments are available for download (32Mb).

The filenames are in the following format:

    trace-<node number>-ath<antenna number>.txt

The node number and antenna number correspond to the diagram at right.

Node Diagram


GPS map overlay During the experiment that yielded the RSSI data above, we also collected GPS data. The GPS trace of the UAV flight path is also available for download (45kb).
At right, we overlay some GPS coordinates onto a USGS map of the airfield.


For more information, please see Performance Measurement of 802.11a Wireless Links from UAV to Ground Nodes with Various Antenna Orientations (pdf).

Software
Our modified madwifi drivers will be made available soon.


Photo Gallery
UAV front-view Antenna mounts UAV airborne
UAV flight Dipole Antenna UAV flight
Command Post Woodstock Airport Woodstock Runway
Ground Node with Separate Antenna Inside a ground node Ground Node in the Field
Ground Node Balloon pre-launch UAV flight
UAV innards UAV innards UAV wing-mounted GPS
UAV flight UAV engine UAV flight






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