Extending coverage and capacity from high altitude platforms with a two-tier cellular architecture

SC Arum, D Grace, PD Mitchell - IEEE Transactions on Mobile …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Conventional coverage and capacity from a high altitude platform (HAP) over an extended
coverage area suffer significantly from inter-cell interference (ICI), antenna beam …

[HTML][HTML] Delivering extended cellular coverage and capacity using high-altitude platforms

SC Arum, D Grace, PD Mitchell - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Interest in delivering cellular communication using a high-altitude platform (HAP) is
increasing partly due to its wide coverage capability. In this paper, we formulate analytical …

Beam-pointing algorithm for contiguous high-altitude platform cell formation for extended coverage

SC Arum, D Grace, PD Mitchell… - 2019 IEEE 90th …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a scheme for beam-pointing from a high altitude platform (HAP) for
contiguous coverage delivery within an extended service area. The scheme, which …

Optimizing an array of antennas for cellular coverage from a high altitude platform

J Thornton, D Grace, MH Capstick… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In a wireless communications network served by a high altitude platform (HAP) the
cochannel interference is a function of the antenna beamwidth, angular separation and …

A review of wireless communication using high-altitude platforms for extended coverage and capacity

SC Arum, D Grace, PD Mitchell - Computer Communications, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper provides an up-to-date review of wireless communications service provisioning
from High-Altitude Platforms (HAPs) in rural or remote areas exploiting cellular radio …

Dynamic utilization of low-altitude platforms in aerial heterogeneous cellular networks

M Helmy, ZE Ankaralı, M Siala… - 2017 IEEE 18th …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Aerial telecommunication platforms provide a promising solution to meet surging traffic
demands as a component of future communication networks. They can be used as aerial …

Caching in the air: High altitude platform stations for urban environments

G Vallero, D Renga, M Meo - 2022 IEEE Wireless …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the evolution in communications technologies and antennas, as well as advances in
solar panel efficiency, High Altitude Platforms (HAPS) have been recently considered as a …

Coverage maximization for heterogeneous aerial networks

D Zhai, Q Shi, R Zhang, X Tang… - IEEE Wireless …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we investigate the network planning of the heterogeneous aerial networks to
maximize the network coverage. Specifically, a joint high-altitude aerial base station (HABS) …

Exploiting aerial computing for air-to-ground coverage enhancement

Z Xie, J Liu, M Sheng, N Zhao… - IEEE Wireless …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Benefiting from maneuverability, flexibility, and low-cost deployment, aerial base stations
(ABSs) have emerged as a promising solution to meet the coverage demand when …

HAPS cell design method for coexistence on terrestrial mobile networks

Y Shibata, W Takabatake, K Hoshino… - 2023 IEEE 97th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-altitude platform stations (HAPSs), which directly deliver communication services to
smartphones on the ground, are attracting much attention as novel mobile communication …