Aerial platforms: a promising means of 3G communications

Author

El-Jabu, Bashir ; Steele, Raymond

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Sci., Southampton Univ., UK

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

36342

Firstpage

2104

Abstract

Cellular communications using aerial platforms (APs) is addressed. A set of key equations are derived that quantify the coverage area on the ground as a function of AP elevation. The formulation of contiguous terrestrial cells and their shapes using multi-beam antenna is described. We consider the deployment of an AP to provide terrestrial mobile radio communications for the Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) operating in its wideband CDMA mode. The preliminary results shows that an AP at a height of 21 km provides a cell structure with up to 21 users per cell with a service rate of 8 kb/s in the 2.2 GHz band. These services can be provided over an area of radius 70 km with transmitted powers less than one watt

Keywords

UHF antennas; aircraft antennas; aircraft communication; broadband networks; cellular radio; code division multiple access; digital radio; multibeam antennas; 2.2 GHz; 21 km; 3G communications; 8 kbit/s; UMTS; Universal Mobile Telecommunication System; aerial platforms; cell structure; cellular communications; contiguous terrestrial cells; coverage area; height; multi-beam antenna; service rate; terrestrial mobile radio communications; wideband CDMA mode; 3G mobile communication; Equations; Land mobile radio; Multiaccess communication; Phased arrays; Planar arrays; Satellite ground stations; Shape; Telecommunication traffic; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1999 IEEE 49th

Conference_Location

Houston, TX

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5565-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1999.778420

Filename

778420