Design and Empirical Validation of a Low-Cost Outdoor mmWave Altimetry Test Bench for UAS
The increasing adoption of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in diverse urban applications necessitates reliable and precise altimetry solutions for situational awareness and landing safety. Despite significant advancements in the realm of waveform design and signal processing, empirical validation of m...
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| description | The increasing adoption of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in diverse urban applications necessitates reliable and precise altimetry solutions for situational awareness and landing safety. Despite significant advancements in the realm of waveform design and signal processing, empirical validation of millimeter wave (mmWave) Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) waveforms for altimetry use case remains a critical gap in literature. This study argues the necessity of empirical validation of candidate FMCW waveforms by proposing an inexpensive and practical outdoor test bench. The multipath propagation model for the said test bench is presented along with a simplified testing methodology suitable for implementation on contemporary mmWave automotive radars. The specifics of the test bench are deliberated where a flat concrete wall with a sufficiently large surface area is employed as a static target. The underpinnings established by this body of work shall serve dynamic testing on a drone platform against various terrain types in the next phase of research. The experimental results demonstrate the potential of practical use of mmWave altimetry on UAS in urban deployment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b6bcfc319bf84cd181bb0dc551cb09952025-08-20T01:51:39ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-0113560345604410.1109/ACCESS.2025.355473310942325Design and Empirical Validation of a Low-Cost Outdoor mmWave Altimetry Test Bench for UASMohammad Derawi0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0448-7613Maaz Ali Awan1Adem Sahin2Yaser Dalveren3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9459-0042Ibrahim Ozdur4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6452-0804Ali Kara5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9739-7619Department of Electronic Systems, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Gjøvik, NorwayDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Gazi University, Ankara, TürkiyeDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, TOBB ETU, Ankara, TürkiyeDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, İzmir Bakırçay University, İzmir, TürkiyeDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, TOBB ETU, Ankara, TürkiyeDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Gazi University, Ankara, TürkiyeThe increasing adoption of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in diverse urban applications necessitates reliable and precise altimetry solutions for situational awareness and landing safety. Despite significant advancements in the realm of waveform design and signal processing, empirical validation of millimeter wave (mmWave) Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) waveforms for altimetry use case remains a critical gap in literature. This study argues the necessity of empirical validation of candidate FMCW waveforms by proposing an inexpensive and practical outdoor test bench. The multipath propagation model for the said test bench is presented along with a simplified testing methodology suitable for implementation on contemporary mmWave automotive radars. The specifics of the test bench are deliberated where a flat concrete wall with a sufficiently large surface area is employed as a static target. The underpinnings established by this body of work shall serve dynamic testing on a drone platform against various terrain types in the next phase of research. The experimental results demonstrate the potential of practical use of mmWave altimetry on UAS in urban deployment.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10942325/Outdoortest benchmmWavealtimetryFMCWUAS |
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| title | Design and Empirical Validation of a Low-Cost Outdoor mmWave Altimetry Test Bench for UAS |
| title_full | Design and Empirical Validation of a Low-Cost Outdoor mmWave Altimetry Test Bench for UAS |
| title_fullStr | Design and Empirical Validation of a Low-Cost Outdoor mmWave Altimetry Test Bench for UAS |
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| title_short | Design and Empirical Validation of a Low-Cost Outdoor mmWave Altimetry Test Bench for UAS |
| title_sort | design and empirical validation of a low cost outdoor mmwave altimetry test bench for uas |
| topic | Outdoor test bench mmWave altimetry FMCW UAS |
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