Table of Contents

1 Executive Summary 1

2 Abbreviations 1

3 Service Analysis 3

4 Ecosystem 5

4.1 Cellular-Connected UAVs 5

4.2 Communication Modules for UAVs 7

4.3 Communication Terminals for UAVs 8

5 Communication Requirements 9

5.1 Software Requirements 9

5.1.1 Basic Communication Requirements 9

5.1.2 UAV Specific Communication Requirements 11

5.2 Hardware Requirements 14

5.2.1 Hardware Interface Requirements for Modules 14

5.2.2 Hardware Interface Requirements for Terminals 17

6 Standardization 18

6.1 3GPP 18

6.2 ITU 18

6.3 GSMA 19

7 Conclusions 19

8 References 20