Title :
Experiment of IMT-2000 using stratospheric-flying solar-powered airplane
Author :
Oodo, Masayuki ; Tsuji, Hiroyuki ; Miura, Ryu ; Maruyama, Masaaki ; Suzuki, Mikio
Author_Institution :
Commun. Res. Lab., Yokosuka Radio Commun. Res. Center, Japan
Abstract :
In June and July 2002, we conducted the world´s first experiments on digital TV broadcasting and third-generation mobile communications system (IMT-2000) by radio-relay at an altitude of 20 km using unmanned stratospheric-flying solar-powered aircraft. These experiments demonstrated that future broadcasting/telecom systems by high altitude platform station (HAPS) are feasible and useful. This paper describes the experimental and analytical results of the IMT-2000 experiment.
Keywords :
3G mobile communication; aircraft; antenna arrays; satellite communication; solar power satellites; stratosphere; television broadcasting; 20 km; HAPS; IMT-2000; digital TV broadcasting; high altitude platform station; radio-relay; stratospheric-flying solar-powered airplane; third-generation mobile communications system; Airplanes; Cellular phones; Digital TV; Military aircraft; Missiles; NASA; Payloads; TV broadcasting; Telecommunications; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 2003. GLOBECOM '03. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7974-8
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.2003.1258418
