high altitude platform stations

KAUST research develops smarter HAPS deployment guidance for island and maritime connectivity

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Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have developed a mathematical framework to guide the deployment of high-altitude platform station networks across islands, coastlines and open maritime areas. The team, including Hao Lin, Mustafa A. Kishk and Mohamed-Slim Alouini, examined how high-altitude platform stations, or HAPS, could support communications in regions where terrestrial networks are costly or difficult to build. HAPS are aircraft or balloons equipped with communications systems and typically operate 20 to 50 kilometers above Earth. Their wide
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Performance Analysis for High Altitude Platform Station-Assisted Wireless Communication Networks

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High altitude platform stations (HAPS) have recently emerged as a pivotal stratospheric segment within the broader non-terrestrial network (NTN) ecosystem, offering a promising solution for enhancing coverage, reliability, and efficiency in next-generation wireless networks. This thesis presents a comprehensive investigation into the architecture, performance, and integration of HAPS-assisted wireless communication networks from multiple perspectives.