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A SEMINAR ON
HIGH ALTITUDE
AERONAUTICAL PLATFORM
SYSTEM
(HAAPS)
PRESENTED BY:GAURAV PANDEY
1 MARCH 2013

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INTRODUCTION TO HAAPS
High Altitude Aeronautical Platform System (HAAPS) is
the name of a technology for providing wireless
narrowband and broadband telecommunication services
as well as broadcasting services with either airships or
aircrafts. The HAAPS are operating at altitudes between 3
to 22 km.
A HAAPS shall be able to cover service area of up to
1000 km diameter
The platforms may be airplanes or airships (essentially
balloons) and may be manned or un-manned with
autonomous operation coupled with remote control from
the ground

PAST OF HAAPS

HAAPS recognized by the ITU Radio Regulations

Board as a new category of radio stations in the
Year 1900.
This decision has removed obstacles/uncertainties
in financing the development of new technology.

IN YEAR 1921
But after few years, On 17 September 1921,Canadian
create a Stationary High Altitude Relay Platform
(SHARP) prototype makes history provide wireless
communication service.

CONCEPT BEHIND HAAPS

HALO -The High Altitude Long Operation (HALO)
Network is a broadband wireless
metropolitan area network (MAN) consisting
of HALO aircraft operating at high altitude
and carrying an a airborne communications
network hub and the network elements on
the ground.
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DIVISION OF HALO NETWORK

. The HALO Network contain a two wellestablished wireless communication

services: satellite networks and terrestrial
wireless networks.

SATELLITE NETWORK

low earth orbit (LEO), medium

earth orbit (MEO), high elliptic
orbit (HEO), and
geosynchronous earth orbit
(GEO)

TERRESTRIAL NETWORK
They require many base
stations that must be
interlinked over cables or
microwave links.

GROUND INSTALLATIONS

BPF

LNA

Carrier
signal

BPF

LNA

Frequency
-division
Mux.
Frequencydivision
demux.

Multicarrier
base station
equipment

MSC

PSTN
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OPERATION OF GROUND INSTALLATIONS

Carrier signals coming from the air-borne station are
filtered by a BPF, amplified in LNAs demultiplexed in
demux and passed to the base stations. The base station
consists only radio channel frame, since there is no need
for power- amplifier and common wide band power
amplifier and an antenna will serve all base stations. From
the base stations, the signals are passed the usual manner
to mobile MSC and PSTN NETWORK. The return signal
path towards the airborne station is similar except for the
inverse multiplexing operation in the MUX and high
power amplification by HPA.
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COMPARE WITH TERRESTRIAL AND

SATELLITE SYSTEMS
Transmission Terrestrial
System
systems
Height over
ground level
Lifetime

5 to 250 m

HAAPS

Satellite
system

Up to 22 km

500
36000 km

15 years
< 9years
Short delay Short delay

15 years
Long
delay

Coverage

Land and
shore only

Global

Global

Station

3km
30 Mbps

1000km
> 950 km
80 -120mbps < 3 Mbps

propagation
delay

High rate of
transmission

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Some Existing Platforms:

Aircrafts

Balloons/airships

predactor

proteus

High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) is defined in number

SS.50A as A station located on an object at an altitude of 20
50 km and at a specified, nominal fixed point relative to the
earth.

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ADVANTAGES OF HAPPS
Larger area coverage
A HAAPS shall be able to cover a service area of up to 1000 km diameter
, depending on the user's location .

Flexibility to Inter linked larger area

traffic
Number of inter linked HAAPS deployed to cover an entire area.

High Transmission rate

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W-LAN , cellular, and satellite mobile systems ease the

ANOTHER ADVANTAGE
Easy to Multiplexing the signal
Large number of signal are transmitted in a
common channel.

Modulation Invovled
Because of modulation technique , distortion are reduce.

Environment friendliness

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PROBLEMS
LIGHT WEIGHT
All materials must be lightweight, resistant to radiance at high
altitudes, and at least for airships leak proof for helium.

WIND FACTOR -Another critical issue is the presence of winds in the stratosphere.
The average minimum stratosphere wind velocity is 30-40m/s and
occurs between 65 000 and 75 000ft depending on attitude.
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ANOTHER PROBLEMS

. Strength of the
ENGINE

The engines mustbe strong enough to keep the platforms stationary

at winds of up to 55 m/s.

Getting them UP and DOWN.

Because of its large size it is difficult to move up and

at
desired platform that is why they are not good for mo
Different places.

COSTLY

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EFFECT OF WIND
Zeppelin Disaster

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POTENIAL APPLICATIONS
Fixed services

High speed internet

Mobile services

3G Mobile (UMTS) at S-band

Broadband services at V-band

Broadcasting Services
Digital TV, news gathering

Other services

Remote sensing, radio monitoring, traffic

monitoring, weather monitoring.

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APPLICATION IMAGE OF HAAPS

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THANK YOU
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