Broadband communications via high-altitude platforms / David Grace, Mihael Mohorcic.

A unique book with systematic and thorough coverage of HAP related issues, problems and solutions. Handbook of Broadband Communications from High Altitude Platforms provides a thorough overview and state of the art of the HAP enabling technologies, as well as describing recent research activities wi...

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Main Author: Grace, David, 1970-
Other Authors: Mohorcic, Mihael
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • Broadband Communications via High-Altitude Platforms; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Preface; Part One: Basics, Enabling Technologies and Economics; 1 Introduction; 2 Aeronautics and Energetics; 3 Operating Scenarios and Reference Architectures; 4 Applications and Business Modelling; 5 Future Development of HAPs and HAP-Based Applications; Part Two: Broadband Wireless Communications from High Altitude Platforms; 6 HAP System Operating Environment; 7 FSO in HAP-Based Communication Systems.