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AERPAW User Manual
  • 1) AERPAW Overview
    • 1.1) Deployment Areas and Fixed Node Locations
    • 1.2) Main Entities and Interactions
    • 1.3) Physical Resource Map
    • 1.4) AERPAW Radio Node Types
    • 1.5) Experiment Environment Types and Execution
  • 2) Hello AERPAW!
  • 3) User Resources and Policies
    • 3.1) Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
    • 3.2) User Support
    • 3.3) Tutorial Videos
      • AADM Instructions
    • 3.4) Platform Status Monitoring
    • 3.5) FCC & FAA Regulations
    • 3.6) Frequently Asked Questions
    • 3.7) Experiment Inactivity and Expiration Policy
  • 4) Experiment Portal Workflow
    • 4.1) Types of Experiments
    • 4.2) Experiment Lifecycle
    • 4.3) User Interactions Flowchart
    • 4.4) Common Interactions
      • 4.4.1) Getting Ready - Work Computer
      • 4.4.2) Obtain Access
      • 4.4.3) Create Experiment
    • 4.5) Canonical Experiment Interactions
      • 4.5.1) Define Resources, Request Development
      • 4.5.2) Receive Virtual Experiment Access
      • 4.5.3) Develop your Experiment
      • 4.5.4) Submit for Testbed Execution
      • 4.5.5) Analyze Results
      • 4.5.6) Cleanup, Please
      • 4.5.7) Complete Video Example
    • 4.6) Non-canonical Experiment Interactions
      • 4.6.1) Workflow Procedure for Ericsson Experiment
    • 4.7) Detailed Walkthroughs
      • 4.7.1) Account Creation and Authentication
      • 4.7.2) Account Creation and Authentication
      • 4.7.3) Account Authorization and Roles
      • 4.7.4) Creating and Managing Projects
      • 4.7.5) Creating and Managing Experiments
      • 4.7.6) Canonical Experiment Access
  • 5) Experiment Environment, Hardware, and Software
    • 5.1) Wireless and Vehicle Software
      • 5.1.1) QGroundControl Local Installation
      • 5.1.2) Creating and editing mission plan files
        • 5.1.2.1) Rover Plan Files
        • 5.1.2.2) Existing Plan Files
      • 5.1.3) MAVLink Filter
    • 5.2) Development Environment
      • 5.2.1) OEO Console
        • Link Quality Microservice
        • ADS-B Service
        • Collision Avoidance Service
        • Vehicle Camera Tracking
        • Vehicle Check
      • 5.2.2) AERPAW-Provided Experiment Utilities
        • 5.2.2.1) Checkpoint System
        • 5.2.2.2) OEO Message Passing
    • 5.3) AERPAW Equipment
      • 5.3.1) Software Defined Radios
        • USRP Front Ends
      • 5.3.2) AERPAW UAVs
      • 5.3.3) AERPAW UGVs
      • 5.3.4) Ericsson Network
        • Ericsson Equipments
        • Portable & Fixed nodes
      • 5.3.5) Keysight RF Sensors
      • 5.3.6) LoRa IoT
        • Ronoth LoStik
      • 5.3.7) Equipment for Non-Canonical Experiments
        • Sivers mmWave
        • Fortem Radar
        • Keysight Propsim Channel Emulator
        • Facebook Terragraph Radios
    • 5.4) Running Sample Experiment Software
    • 5.5) Data Post-Processing
      • CSVMerge Script
      • KML Generator
      • CSVPlotter Script
  • 6) Sample Experiments Repository
    • 6.1) Radio Software
      • 6.1.1) srsRAN Experiments
        • SE1: Multi-Node LTE SISO
        • SE2: LTE Cell Scan
        • SE3: Two-Node LTE MIMO
        • SE4: Multi-node IoT
        • SE6: Single-Node 5G SA
      • 6.1.2) OAI Experiments
        • OE1: Two-Node LTE SISO
        • OE2: 5G IQ Collection with OAI
      • 6.1.3) GNU Radio Experiments
        • GE1: OFDM TX-RX
          • OFDM Post-processing
        • GE2: Channel Sounder
        • GE3: LoRa PHY TX-RX
      • 6.1.4) UHD Python-API Experiments
        • UHD1: Spectrum Monitoring
        • UHD2: IQ Collection
        • SigMF Data Formatting
      • 6.1.5) Keysight RF Sensor Experiments
        • Connecting to AERPAW Windows Device for RF Sensor using AnyDesk
        • Signal Surveyor 4D Software
        • KRSE1: Spectrum Monitoring
        • KRSE2: Signal Classification
        • KRSE3: TDOA-Based Source Localization
      • 6.1.6) Ericsson Experiments
        • EE1 5G Modem RF Logging
        • EE2: 5G Modem Ping Traffic Logging
        • EE3: 5G Modem IPerf Traffic logging
        • EE4: 5G logging using Pawprints
        • EE5: 5G 4x4 MIMO using Android SPN
        • EE6: 5G Handover using Quectel SPN
        • Post processing of Experiment logs
      • 6.1.7) Android Cellular Experiments
        • 6.1.7.1) PawPrints: Log 4G, 5G KPIs
        • 6.1.7.2) Nemo: Log 4G, 5G KPIs
      • 6.1.8) LoRa Experiments
      • 6.1.9) Cellular Modem Experiment
    • 6.2) Vehicle Control Software
      • VCS1: Preplanned Trajectory
        • Modifying Preplanned Trajectory
      • VCS2: GPS Logger
        • Manual Flight
      • VCS3: Multiple Vehicle Coordination
        • The Tracer and the Orbiter
      • VCS4: Autonomous Vehicle Control
        • Rover Search
        • Hide Rover
    • 6.3) Traffic Generation Software
      • TGS1: Ping
        • Ping Post-processing
      • TGS2: iPerf
      • TGS3: MGEN
    • 6.4) Sample End-to-End Experiments
      • E2E1: Single-UAV LTE eNB Serving Ground UEs
      • E2E2: Channel Sounder Post-processing
      • E2E3: LTE I/Q Post Processing
      • E2E4: 5G I/Q Post Processing
      • E2E5: TDOA-Based UAV Localization
      • E2E6: OAI 5G with Flying UAV
    • 6.5) AERPAW Datasets
  • 7) Self-Paced Tutorial Portal

5) Experiment Environment, Hardware, and Software

This section provides an overview of the broader experimentation structure in AERPAW involving software defined radios, UAVs, and traffic generation software.

In this section

5.1) Wireless and Vehicle Software
5.2) Development Environment
5.3) AERPAW Equipment
5.4) Running Sample Experiment Software
5.5) Data Post-Processing
Page updated October 28, 2026

AERPAW is part of the National Science Foundation’s PAWR program,
and is funded in part by NSF award CNS-1939334, and by the PAWR Industry Consortium.

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