A UAV-assisted Wireless Localization Challenge on AERPAW
<|reference_start|>A UAV-assisted Wireless Localization Challenge on AERPAW: As wireless researchers are tasked to enable wireless communication as infrastructure in more dynamic aerial settings, there is a growing need for large-scale experimental platforms that provide realistic, reproducible, and reliable experimental validation. To bridge the research-to-implementation gap, the Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform for Advanced Wireless (AERPAW) offers open-source tools, reference experiments, and hardware to facilitate and evaluate the development of wireless research in controlled digital twin environments and live testbed flights. The inaugural AERPAW Challenge, "Find a Rover," was issued to spark collaborative efforts and test the platform's capabilities. The task involved localizing a narrowband wireless signal, with teams given ten minutes to find the "rover" within a twenty-acre area. By engaging in this exercise, researchers can validate the platform's value as a tool for innovation in wireless communications research within aerial robotics. This paper recounts the methods and experiences of the top three teams in automating and rapidly locating a wireless signal by automating and controlling an aerial drone in a realistic testbed scenario.<|reference_end|>
@article{kudyba2024a,
    title={A UAV-assisted Wireless Localization Challenge on AERPAW},
    author={Paul Kudyba, Jaya Sravani Mandapaka, Weijie Wang, Logan McCorkendale,
  Zachary McCorkendale, Mathias Kidane, Haijian Sun, Eric Adams, Kamesh
  Namuduri, Fraida Fund, Mihail Sichitiu, Ozgur Ozdemir},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.12180},
    year={2024},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={2407.12180},
    primaryClass={cs.NI cs.RO}
}