4G communications based on high altitude stratospheric platforms: channel modeling and performance evaluation

Author

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

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettronica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

557

Abstract

In recent years great interest has arisen in the development of high altitude platforms (HAP), which are low cost stratospheric aircraft carrying payloads tailored for a wide range of applications within telecommunications and remote sensing. These platforms are able to fly at altitudes ranging between 17 and 20 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. Small scale fading effects are analyzed and due to the particular geometry of the propagation scenario, a specific model for the stratospheric channel is obtained

Keywords

UHF radio propagation; fading channels; mobile radio; personal communication networks; radio links; stratosphere; telecommunication services; 17 to 20 km; 4G communications; channel modeling; communication link; fourth generation communication; high altitude stratospheric platforms; low cost stratospheric aircraft; mobile stations; performance evaluation; personal communication services; propagation model; small scale fading effects; stratospheric channel; terrestrial mobile users; Aircraft; Artificial satellites; Coherence; Costs; Fading; Frequency; Payloads; Personal communication networks; Power system modeling; Remote sensing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 2001. GLOBECOM '01. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Antonio, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7206-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.2001.965179

Filename

965179