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Pak Lun Lam likes to fiddle with things, especially wireless communications devices. The Senior Customer Projects Engineer wants to know how new technologies work and how they can improve quality of life. His area of expertise includes the use of drones for testing and measuring mobile networks. Before joining R&S Regional Headquarters Singapore, Pak Lun worked for a company that specializes in cellular network system integration and drone technology. He is very experienced in integrating and piloting drones for various trial applications, for example, LTE coverage, throughput and latency measurements at different altitudes. Pak Lun holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronic engineering from Nanyang Technological University.

Network measurements with drones: The next step to a connected sky

October 17, 2019 | by Pak Lun Lam

In the era of IoT, one of the most urgently discussed topics concerns the deployment of drones to automate commercial applications such as mail delivery or aerial taxis. This post examines the results of LTE network measurements conducted with drones to offer insights into coverage, throughput, and latency at flight altitude.

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