Tavares, TiagoSebastião, PedroSouto, N.Velez, Fernando J.Cercas, FranciscoRibeiro, MarcoCorreia, Americo2025-03-032025-03-032015-09Tiago Tavares, Pedro Sebastião, Nuno Souto, Francisco Cercas, Marco Ribeiro, Américo Correia and Fernando J. Velez, “Generalized LUI propagation model for UAVs communications using terrestrial cellular networks,” in Proc. of VTC 2015-Fall - 2010 IEEE 82nd Vehicular Technology Conference, Boston, MA, USA, Sep. 2015.http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/15175This work proposes an empirical propagation model to obtain the path loss, and therefore determine the average received power, of a signal for a specific outdoor urban scenario with UAVs. The proposed 3D propagation model for terrestrial cellular networks generalizes the LUI model and is valid in the frequency ranges from GSM, UMTS and LTE technologies. We report experimental work in 3D space, considering the height, the antennas base station tilt, sectorization, angle and distances profile. The experimental work included in this study appropriately agrees with the proposed theoretical model; hence, the proposed model is adequate for cellular planning tools.engPropagation modelGSMUMTSLTEHexacopterUAV3D propagation modelconference object10.1109/VTCFall.2015.7390963