HAAPS TECHNOLOGY

Presented By :
B.Shashank.

Contents

What is HAAPS ?

Why HAAPS ?

Main Objective

HAAPS Architecture

Power Requirements

HAAPS Projects

Applications

Conclusion

What is HAAPS ?

High Altitude Aeronautical Platform Stations (HAAPS) is the name of a

technology for providing wireless narrowband and broadband
telecommunication services as well as broadcasting services .

The HAAPS are operating at altitudes between 17 to 22 kms range in

stratospheric layer of the atmosphere.

HAAPS are able to cover over 100 kms diameter ,depending on the minimum
elevation angle accepted from users location.

The platforms may be aircrafts or airships(essentially balloons) and may be

manned or un-manned with autonomous operation coupled with remote control
from the ground.

Why HAAPS ?

It combines most of the advantages of both satellite

and terrestrial systems while avoiding many of the
pitfalls.

Traffic can be linked and switched among multiple

HAAPS, Satellites and Terrestrial gateways.

Main Objective

Provision of the bandwidth that can support services like

multimedia applications (telephony,TV,High speeed internet
etc.,..)

Ability to operate in a high frequency band on the radio

spectrum.

Provision of increased capacity for terrestrial

telecommunication networks ,either by supporting more
users/cells without degrading performance or by providing
greater bandwidth.

HAAPS Architecture

On Board Equipment

Ground Installations

Power Requirements

Solar powered aircraft must be capable of continuous flight.

Energy must be collected and stored at day to both power the
aircraft and enable to fly throughout the night.

The air craft power system consists of photovoltaic cells and

a regenerative fuel cell.

The main advantage of this method is that it eliminates the

need to carry fuel and to extract and compress air at altitude.

Transmission and Coding Techniques

WRC-97 had announced frequency bands for HAAPS in

around 47 GHz(downlink : 47.2 -47.5 GHz and uplink : 47.948.2 GHz).

A very good approach is the use of adaptive coding and

modulation based on channel condition schemes.

Three modulation schemes were examined for low, medium

and high data rate applications as GMSK,16-QAM and
rounded 64-QAM respectively.

Various HAAPS Projects

HAAPS have been proposed using both airship and aircraft technology.
1.Airship Technology
i.

Sky station

ii.

Sratsat

iii.

Stratospheric Platform system from Japan

2.Aircraft Technology
iv.

Halo-proteus

v.

Sky tower

vi.

Heliplat

Sky station

Sky station is the name of an airship system

planned by the US company Sky Station
International.

Data rates for fixed services are 2 Mbps for

uplink and 10 Mbps for downlink.

Data rates for mobile services are 9.6 -16

Kbps for voice and 384 Kbps for data.

Cost of the project for a worldwide

infrastructure is estimated as $2.5 billion.

StratSat

Startsat is an airship system planned by the UK

based company Advanced Technology Group
for both civilian and military applications.

It is steered by by means of contra-Rotating

Coned Rotor mounted on a tailcone at the rear of
the envelope as part of a compound propulsion
system.

This unit provides longitudinal thrust (to counter

stratospheric winds) and the lateral force(for
manoeuvring) to enable the airship to hold
station within a 1km cube.

Stratospheric Platform System from Japan

It is planned by the Wireless Innovation Systems Group of the

Yokosuka Radio Communications Research Center in Japan .

Halo-Proteus

Sky Tower

Heliplat

Advantages

HAAPS dont require any launch vehicle.

Once a platform is in position ,it can immediately begin delivering

service to its area without any global infrastructure.

Provides a higher frequency reuse and thus higher capacity than

satellite systems.

Each platform can be retrieved , updated and relaunched without

service interruption.

They are powered by solar technology and non-polluting fuel cells.

HAAPS Issues

Light weight.

Wind Factor.

Safety.

Cost.

Conclusion

HAPS will be deployed together with terrestrial and satellites

elements to provide another degree of flexibility for system
deployment that can be easily adjusted to the needs of the network
operators and users traffic demands

HAPS will play a complementary role in future mobile system

infrastructure e.g. consisting of W-LAN, cellular, and satellite mobile
systems to ease the deployment and roll out of the 3G and beyond
3G services