Title
Integrated Services From High-Altitude Platforms: A Flexible Communication System
Publication Date
2-13-2006
Document Type
Article
Abstract
In this article the provision of integrated services from high-altitude platforms (HAPs) is discussed, and a flexible communication system for HAP-based communications is identified and analyzed, with particular attention to the delivery of broadband services from HAPs to highspeed trains. The high coding gain required by the proposed scenario is achieved through adaptive concatenated coding schemes, while smart antennas operating with adaptive beamforming algorithms are employed at the ground stations. The simulated system performance based on a multi-antenna model of the stratospheric channel is reported, and the use of HAPs in synergy with terrestrial and satellite systems is discussed.
Publication Title
IEEE Communications Magazine
Volume
44
Issue
2
First Page
85
Last Page
94
DOI
10.1109/MCOM.2006.1593555
Publisher Policy
pre-print, post-print
Recommended Citation
Laddomada, Massimiliano; Falletti, E.; Mondin, M.; and Sellone, F., "Integrated Services From High-Altitude Platforms: A Flexible Communication System" (2006). School of Engineering and Technology Publications. 175.
https://digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/tech_pub/175
