TY - GEN
T1 - First Field Trial Results of Hybrid Positioning with Dedicated 5G Terrestrial and UAV-Based Non-Terrestrial Networks
AU - del Peral-Rosado, José A.
AU - Yildirim, Ali
AU - Schlötzer, Susanne
AU - Nolle, Patric
AU - Razavi, Sara M.
AU - Parsawar, Sagar
AU - Mundlamuri, Rakesh
AU - Kaltenberger, Florian
AU - Sirola, Niilo
AU - Garlaschi, Stefano
AU - Canzian, Luca
AU - Talvitie, Jukka
AU - Lapin, Ivan
AU - Flachs, Detlef
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Proceedings of the 36th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation, ION GNSS+ 2023. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This work presents field results of a dedicated fifth generation (5G) network with ground and aerial base stations (BSs) deployed at Airbus premises for positioning purposes. This field campaign is part of a first-of-a-kind testbed for hybrid Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), 5G new radio (NR) and sensor positioning, called Hybrid Overlay Positioning with 5G and GNSS (HOP-5G) testbed. The dedicated 5G network exploits the standard positioning reference signal (PRS) to support positioning capabilities within the 5G NR downlink transmissions. The goal of this dedicated 5G network is to enhance the accuracy and reliability of hybrid positioning services based on the fusion of GNSS, 5G NR and sensors. This hybridization is especially relevant in the case of a service interruption by any of those technologies, being GNSS the most reliable but not exempt of vulnerabilities. To the best of authors' knowledge, this paper presents the first field results of a 5G network with mixed setup of BSs deployed on ground and at unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) payloads dedicated for positioning purposes. This field campaign is performed at a heliport within Airbus premises in Ottobrunn (Germany), as representative use case. The paper assesses the pseudorange noise of the real-time 5G NR measurements from three ground and one aerial BSs. These first field trials results achieve a pseudorange noise below 80cm in the 95% of cases, thanks to the 80-MHz PRS bandwidth, demonstrating the feasibility to deploy a dedicated 5G network of ground and flying BSs for high-accuracy positioning. Future work focuses on the assessment of sub-meter hybrid positioning accuracies.
AB - This work presents field results of a dedicated fifth generation (5G) network with ground and aerial base stations (BSs) deployed at Airbus premises for positioning purposes. This field campaign is part of a first-of-a-kind testbed for hybrid Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), 5G new radio (NR) and sensor positioning, called Hybrid Overlay Positioning with 5G and GNSS (HOP-5G) testbed. The dedicated 5G network exploits the standard positioning reference signal (PRS) to support positioning capabilities within the 5G NR downlink transmissions. The goal of this dedicated 5G network is to enhance the accuracy and reliability of hybrid positioning services based on the fusion of GNSS, 5G NR and sensors. This hybridization is especially relevant in the case of a service interruption by any of those technologies, being GNSS the most reliable but not exempt of vulnerabilities. To the best of authors' knowledge, this paper presents the first field results of a 5G network with mixed setup of BSs deployed on ground and at unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) payloads dedicated for positioning purposes. This field campaign is performed at a heliport within Airbus premises in Ottobrunn (Germany), as representative use case. The paper assesses the pseudorange noise of the real-time 5G NR measurements from three ground and one aerial BSs. These first field trials results achieve a pseudorange noise below 80cm in the 95% of cases, thanks to the 80-MHz PRS bandwidth, demonstrating the feasibility to deploy a dedicated 5G network of ground and flying BSs for high-accuracy positioning. Future work focuses on the assessment of sub-meter hybrid positioning accuracies.
U2 - 10.33012/2023.19201
DO - 10.33012/2023.19201
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85181940667
T3 - Proceedings of the Satellite Division's International Technical Meeting
SP - 1598
EP - 1605
BT - Proceedings of the 36th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation, ION GNSS+ 2023
PB - Institute of Navigation
T2 - International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation
Y2 - 11 September 2023 through 15 September 2023
ER -