1. CU-Boulder Timothy X Brown Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Colorado Presented to L3 Comcept at the University of Colorado December 17, 2003 Wireless Communications Test Bed: Test Plan

2. 12/17/2003T.X Brown (http://ece.colorado.edu/~timxb)2 Overview Test Bed Site Scenarios Performance Metrics Status

3. 12/17/2003T.X Brown (http://ece.colorado.edu/~timxb)3 Test Bed Site Table Mountain National Radio Quiet Zone 9 miles North of the University of Colorado

4. 12/17/2003T.X Brown (http://ece.colorado.edu/~timxb)4 FS1 FS2 1000’ 300m Test Bed Site Public Road Circuit at Mesa Base Test Bed Gateway Potential Landing Strip Fixed Sites

5. 12/17/2003T.X Brown (http://ece.colorado.edu/~timxb)5 Scenarios NOC Scenario 1Scenario 2 Test Configurations Ground—Ground Ground—Mobile—Ground Ground—UAV—Ground Test Configurations UAV—UAV Ground—UAV—UAV

6. 12/17/2003T.X Brown (http://ece.colorado.edu/~timxb)6 Ground Support Scenarios Grnd-Grnd Grnd-Mobile-Grnd Grnd-UAV-Grnd FS1 FS2 1000’ 300m

7. 12/17/2003T.X Brown (http://ece.colorado.edu/~timxb)7 UAV Scenarios Grnd-UAV UAV-UAV Grnd-UAV-UAV FS1 FS2 1000’ 300m

8. 12/17/2003T.X Brown (http://ece.colorado.edu/~timxb)8 Performance Metrics Measures of Performance & Effectiveness Data Throughput Latency Packet Loss, Radio Packet Loss, Congestion Jitter Communication Availability Hardware Reliability Network Self-forming & Node-failure Recovery Time Mobility Impact Ease of Deployment/Transportability Remote Connectivity Range Data, Voice, Video, Web Page Communication

9. 12/17/2003T.X Brown (http://ece.colorado.edu/~timxb)9 Status Accomplishments Plan for experiments complete Signed agreement for use of test bed site Surveyed site To Do Translate experiment plan to hardware capabilities UAV landing site, Fixed Site site prep. Issues Distant UAV operations area for long-range communication operations