5G Cellular-Based Telemetry Airborne Transceiver

Abstract

A novel 5G-compliant airborne transceiver is being designed and developed to support 5G-cellular-based aeronautical mobile telemetry (AMT). To support operation at speeds likely to be encountered in airborne telemetry, the transceiver includes our Velocite solution for on-board Doppler pre-compensation and is designed to meet the 5G enhanced-Mobile-Broadband (eMBB) service objectives. This paper presents an overview of the airborne transceiver’s overall design approach which includes a commercial 5G mobile modem and a field-programmable gate array (FPGA)-based Doppler compensator. It also describes the planned capabilities of the transceiver, the ground network architecture needed to support cellular telemetry, and system-level operation aspects. Finally, the paper concludes with a description of the specific design aspects that need to be considered for AMT, including a ruggedized design for integration with the test airframe to support AMT at the testing range.