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    The document discusses High Altitude Platforms (HAPs), which are aircraft or airships that operate in the stratosphere at altitudes between 17-22 km to provide telecommunication services. HAPs combine advantages of satellites and terrestrial systems, while avoiding some of their limitations. They can offer internet connectivity, broadcasting and remote sensing services over a large area from a single platform. Key advantages over satellites are lower latency, easier upgradability and unlimited space availability. Challenges include dealing with wind factors and rain attenuation at high altitudes. HAPs will play a complementary role to satellites and terrestrial networks in future wireless infrastructure.

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    The document discusses High Altitude Platforms (HAPs), which are aircraft or airships that operate in the stratosphere at altitudes between 17-22 km to provide telecommunication services. HAPs combine advantages of satellites and terrestrial systems, while avoiding some of their limitations. They can offer internet connectivity, broadcasting and remote sensing services over a large area from a single platform. Key advantages over satellites are lower latency, easier upgradability and unlimited space availability. Challenges include dealing with wind factors and rain attenuation at high altitudes. HAPs will play a complementary role to satellites and terrestrial networks in future wireless infrastructure.

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    The document discusses High Altitude Platforms (HAPs), which are aircraft or airships that operate in the stratosphere at altitudes between 17-22 km to provide telecommunication services. HAPs combine advantages of satellites and terrestrial systems, while avoiding some of their limitations. They can offer internet connectivity, broadcasting and remote sensing services over a large area from a single platform. Key advantages over satellites are lower latency, easier upgradability and unlimited space availability. Challenges include dealing with wind factors and rain attenuation at high altitudes. HAPs will play a complementary role to satellites and terrestrial networks in future wireless infrastructure.

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    1

    HIGH ALTITUDE PLATFORMS

    Presented By
    Hansraj
    12105EN058
    AGENDA
    2

    Introduction

    Types

    Components

    Technical Specifications

    HAPs Architecture

    Comparison with Satellites

    Applications

    Advantages

    HAPs Challenges

    Conclusion
    INTRODUCTION
    3

    The High Altitude Platforms (HAPs) are aircrafts or


    airships operating in stratospheric layer of the
    atmosphere at an altitude of about 17 to 22 km .
    They can support payloads to deliver a range of services
    like telecommunication, remote sensing, navigation and
    high speed internet connectivity etc.
    HAPs combines most of the advantages of both satellite
    and terrestrial systems while avoiding many of the
    pitfalls.
    A single HAP can serve 480,000 square-km region on
    the earth surface.
    TYPES OF HAPs
    4

    Balloons/Airships

    UAVs

    Manned Aircrafts

    Royalty free images


    COMPONENTS
    5

    Outer layer is made of spectra which is a fabric used in


    bullet proof vests.
    Helium gas bags

    Solar cells

    Regenerative fuel cells

    Antennas

    Transponders

    Propeller

    Electric motors

    Source
    T.C. Tozer, D. Grace, High-altitude Platforms for Wireless Communications .
    TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
    6

    In WRC-97, ITU had announced frequency bands for


    HAPs in around 47 GHz(uplink/downlink : 47.2 /47.5
    GHz and 47.9/48.2 GHz).

    A very good approach is the use of adaptive coding and


    modulation schemes based on channel condition .
    HAP INFRASTRUCTURE
    7

    Source : Reshad Rasul Kazi High Altitude Platform:Solution for rainfall attenuation
    COMPARISON WITH SATELLITES
    8

    HAPs SATELLITES
    1. Low Cost 1. High Cost
    2. Lower Latency(10ms) 2. Higher Latency(250ms)
    3. Easily Upgradeable 3. Not Easily
    Upgradeable
    4. Faster to Deploy 4. Slow to Deploy
    5. Unlimited Space 5. Limited Space
    Availability
    Availability
    6. Lower Link Budget
    6. Higher Link Budget
    APPLICATIONS
    9

    High speed internet


    Broadcasting Services
    Digital TV, News gathering
    Military Communications Source : https://plus.google.com/Project Loon/photo

    Emergency and disaster scenarios


    Remote sensing, radio monitoring, traffic monitoring,
    weather monitoring.
    Application case : Googles Project Loon
    ADVANTAGES
    10

    Immediate Service Delivery


    Higher frequency reuse

    Higher Data Capacity

    Easily Upgradable

    Line of sight communication

    High elevation angle.

    Dont require any launch vehicle.


    HAPs CHALLENGES
    11

    Light weight.

    Wind Factor.

    Safety.

    Cost

    Rain Attenuation.
    CONCLUSION
    12

    HAPs will be deployed together with terrestrial and satellites

    systems to provide flexibility for system deployment that can be

    easily adjusted to the needs of the network operators and users

    traffic demands .

    HAPs will play a complementary role in future mobile system

    infrastructure.

    This is a promising technology that could combine the best of

    Satellite and wired Internet to serve remote areas of the world.


    REFERENCES
    13

    E. Falletti, Integration of a HAP Within a Terrestrial


    UMTSNetwork: Interference Analysis and Cell
    Dimensioning, WirelessPers. Commun., Kluwer, vol.24,
    no. 2, pp. 291325, January 2003.
    Iskandar, Shigeru Shimamoto, The Channel
    Characterization and Performance Evaluation of Mobile
    Communication Employing Stratospheric Platforms,
    IEEE Comm. Mag., July 2005.
    T.C. Tozer, D. Grace, High-altitude Platforms for
    Wireless Communications IEEE Comm. Mag., June
    2001.
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