Aragón-Zavala / Cuevas-Ruíz / Delgado-Penín High-Altitude Platforms for Wireless Communications

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-99742-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

Provides an introduction to High-Altitude Platform Stations(HAPS) technology and its applications for wirelesscommunications
High-altitude platform stations offer a promising new technologythat combines the benefits of terrestrial and satellitecommunication systems for delivering broadband communications tousers at a low cost. They are easily deployable and easy tomaintain, which is why they offer a good alternative for networkoperators who need to find ways to get more coverage to satisfy theincreasing demand for more capacity. HAPS are usually balloons,airships or unmanned aerial systems (UAS) located in thestratosphere. An enormous interest has grown worldwide toexamine their use not only for broadband communications, but alsofor emergency services, navigation, traffic monitoring, cellular,etc.
Key features include:
* Unique book focusing on emerging HAPS technology and itsapplications
* Provides a thorough overview of the technology includingHAPS-based communications systems, antennas for HAPS, radiopropagation and channel modelling issues and HAPS networkingaspects
* Presents various HAPS-related projects and initiativesdeveloped throughout the world (North America, Europe andAsia-Pacific)
* Features a comprehensive overview on both aeronautical andtelecommunications regulatory aspects, which will affect thedeployment and future developments in the field of HAPS
High-Altitude Platform Systems for WirelessCommunications will prove essential reading for postgraduatestudents in the field of HAPS, engineers, developers and designersinvolved in the design and maintenance of HAPS, aerospaceengineers, and communications system planners and researchers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aragón-Zavala, Alejandro

Aragón-Zavala, Alejandro A.

Cuevas-Ruíz, José Luis

Delgado-Penín, José Antonio

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
1 Introduction.
1.1 What is a HAPS?
1.2 Structure of the Book.
2 Overview on HAPS.
2.1 HAPS System Concepts.
2.2 Radio Regulations for HAPS.
2.3 Applications and Services.
2.4 HAPS Networks.
2.5 Terrestrial, Satellite and Stratospheric CommunicationSystems: A Comparison.
2.6 Survey of the Evolution and State-of-the-Art of HAPS in theWorld.
3 Propagation and Channel Modelling.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 An Overview of Propagation Phenomena.
3.3 Channel Modelling.
3.4 Fading Mitigation Techniques.
3.5 Conclusions.
4 Antennas for HAPS.
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 Antenna Requirements.
4.3 Antenna Types for High-Altitude Platforms.
4.4 Antenna Design Recommendations at Operating FrequenciesAllocated to HAPS.
4.5 Steering Mechanisms.
4.6 Beamforming.
4.7 Challenges.
5 Communication Systems Based on HAPS.
5.1 Components of HAPS Communication Systems.
5.2 Spectrum Allocation for HAPS.
5.3 HAPS Link Budget.
5.4 Conclusions.
6 HAPS Networks.
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Network Topologies.
6.3 Network Architectures for Service Candidates.
6.4 Interworking Requirements.
6.5 HAPS Networks for Other Applications.
6.6 Free Space Optical Links in HAPS.
6.7 Resource Management.
6.8 HAPS as Part of Integrated Communication Networks.
7 The Future.
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Challenges and Opportunities for Civil UAS.
7.3 Applications for Civil UAS.
7.4 Requirements for the Future of the Civil UAS.
7.5 Technological Trends.
7.6 Technological Challenges for HAPS Applied to WirelessCommunications.
7.7 Conclusions.
References.
Glossary.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Aragón-Zavala graduated from Tecnológico deMonterrey, Campus Querétaro as Electronics and CommunicationsEngineer in December 1991. In 1998 he received his MSc in SatelliteCommunication Engineering from the University of Surrey, and in2003 his PhD in Antennas and Propagation at the sameuniversity.
He has worked as an engineer and consultant in the industry, andsince 2003, Dr. Aragón-Zavala is the Academic Director of theformer IEC and ISE undergraduate programs at the Tecnológicode Monterrey Campus Querétaro, and is in charge of ITE (allElectronic Engineering degrees) . His research interests include:mobile communications, satellite systems, high-altitude platformsystems, antenna design and indoor propagation.
Dr José Luis Cuevas-Ruiz received his PhD fromUniversitat Politecnica de Catalunya in 2005, where he was involvedin the HeliNet and CAPANINA projects related to high-altitudeplatform systems. His research interests include HAPS, wirelesscommunications and channel modelling. He has been withTecnológico de Monterrey Campus Estado de México since1999, and currently he is Head of the Communications Research groupat Campus Estado de México.
Dr José Antonio Delgado-Penin is a full professor atthe Department of Signal Theory and Communications, at UniversitatPolitécnica de Catalunya, Spain since 1984. His Academic,technical and research activities have been at Philips N.V, ETSITM,Polito, CNET, Univ. Manchester and UCLA amongst others, all in thefield of Telecommunications engineering.