AERPAW: Aerial Android-based 4G measurements of public AT&T cell towers from a tethered Helikite

A tethered Helikite (a combination of a Helium balloon and a kite), carrying a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Android phone, was flown within the North Campus of NC State University, Raleigh, NC, during the 2023 Packapalooza festival. 4G cellular KPIs of public AT&T base stations were logged by the phone, using a custom Android App. These KPIs were synchronized with the Helikite position information: latitude, longitude, and altitude above ground. This dataset is shared in .csv format, along with .kml files of the 4G KPIs, for visualization on Google Earth. Analysis of this dataset can reveal insights into the variation in physical-layer KPIs with the aerial user's position, along with the ability of commercial public base stations to serve aerial users in urban regions.
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Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.r7sqv9sr3](10.5061/dryad.r7sqv9sr3)

## Description of the data and file structure

This dataset (Aerpaw_PawPrints_Packapalooza_Helikite.zip) contains cellular LTE measurements from an Android phone carried by a tethered HeliKite, over a duration of approximately one and a half hours, within the North Campus of NC State University. The Helikite eventually rose to an altitude of 120 meters.

RSRP, RSRQ, and RSSI values of public AT&T networks are shared, along with their physical cell ID. A GPS logger onboard the HeliKite recorded the latitude, longitude, and altitude. Radio and GPS measurements were recorded at one-second intervals and merged based on the timestamp.

**Dataset Content:**

The dataset is shared in the form of a zip file, named aerpaw_pawprints_packapalooaza_helikit.zip, containing the following folders:

* Logs: Contains the *pawprints_4G.csv* r...,