Small-scale fading for high-altitude platform (HAP) propagation channels

Author

Dovis, Fabio ; Fantini, Roberto ; Mondin, Marina ; Savi, Patrizia

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettronica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Volume

20

Issue

3

fYear

2002

fDate

4/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

641

Lastpage

647

Abstract

There has been a great interest in the development of high-altitude platforms, which are low cost stratospheric aircraft carrying payloads tailored for a wide range of applications in telecommunications and remote sensing. These platforms are capable of flying at altitudes ranging between 17 and 30 km, with a potential endurance of weeks to months, features that make them attractive for the provision of future personal communication services. This paper deals with the theoretical derivation of a channel model for the communication link between the platform and terrestrial mobile users or stations. In particular, we address the problem of modeling the small-scale fading effects. It is shown that the particular geometry of the propagation scenario leads to a specific model applicable to the stratospheric channel

Keywords

aircraft communication; fading channels; personal communication networks; 17 to 30 km; 2 GHz; HAP; UHF; channel model; communication link; future personal communication services; high-altitude platform; low cost stratospheric aircraft; propagation channels; small-scale fading; stratospheric channel; terrestrial mobile users; Aircraft; Airplanes; Artificial satellites; Costs; Fading; Geometry; Mobile communication; Payloads; Personal communication networks; Remote sensing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.995523

Filename

995523