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A Vision and Framework for the High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) Networks of the Future
A High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) is a network node that operates in
the stratosphere at an of altitude around 20 km and is instrumental for
providing communication services. Precipitated by technological innovations in
the areas of autonomous avionics, array antennas, solar panel efficiency
levels, and battery energy densities, and fueled by flourishing industry
ecosystems, the HAPS has emerged as an indispensable component of
next-generations of wireless networks. In this article, we provide a vision and
framework for the HAPS networks of the future supported by a comprehensive and
state-of-the-art literature review. We highlight the unrealized potential of
HAPS systems and elaborate on their unique ability to serve metropolitan areas.
The latest advancements and promising technologies in the HAPS energy and
payload systems are discussed. The integration of the emerging Reconfigurable
Smart Surface (RSS) technology in the communications payload of HAPS systems
for providing a cost-effective deployment is proposed. A detailed overview of
the radio resource management in HAPS systems is presented along with
synergistic physical layer techniques, including Faster-Than-Nyquist (FTN)
signaling. Numerous aspects of handoff management in HAPS systems are
described. The notable contributions of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in HAPS,
including machine learning in the design, topology management, handoff, and
resource allocation aspects are emphasized. The extensive overview of the
literature we provide is crucial for substantiating our vision that depicts the
expected deployment opportunities and challenges in the next 10 years
(next-generation networks), as well as in the subsequent 10 years
(next-next-generation networks).Comment: To appear in IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorial
Broadband wireless communication systems: Channel modeling and system performance analysis
Wideband channel modeling, which can accurately describe the most important
characteristics of wideband mobile fading channels, is essential for the design,
evaluation, and optimization of broadband wireless communication systems. In the
field of wideband channel modeling, the tradeoff between the prediction accuracy
and simulation efficiency has to be taken into account. On one hand, channel models
should be as accurate as possible. On the other hand, channel models are supposed
to be simple and easy to put into use. There are several commonly used approaches
to channel modeling, e.g., measurement-based channel modeling and deterministic
channel modeling. Both methods are efficient in capturing the fading behavior
of real-world wireless channels. However, the resulting channel models are only
valid for the specific environments as those where the measurements were carried
out or the ray-tracing scenario was considered. Moreover, these methods are quite
time consuming with high computational cost. Alternatively, the geometry-based
stochastic channel modeling approach can be employed to model wideband mobile
fading channels. The most attractive feature of this method is that the derived
channel models are able to predict fading behavior for various propagation environments,
and meanwhile they can be easily implemented. Thus, the dissertation
will complete the wideband channel modeling task by adopt the geometry-based
stochastic approach.
In the dissertation, several geometry-based channel models are proposed for
both outdoor and indoor propagation scenarios. The significance of the work lies in
the fact that it develops channel models under more realistic propagation conditions
which have seldom been considered, such as for non-isotropic scattering environxi
ments and mobile-to-mobile (M2M) fading channels. In addition, the proposed
channel models remove the scarcity that proper geometry-based channel models
are missing for indoor environments. The most important statistical properties
of the developed channel models including their temporal autocorrelation function
(ACF), the two-dimensional (2D) space cross-correlation function (CCF), and the
frequency correlation function (FCF) are analyzed. Furthermore, efficient channel
simulators with low realization expenditure are obtained. Finally, the validity of the
proposed channel models is demonstrated by comparing their analytical channel
statistics with the empirical ones measured from real world channels.
Besides the work in the field of wideband channel modeling, another part of
the dissertation is dedicated to investigate the performance of SISO1 orthogonal
frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) broadband communication systems and
space-time (ST) coded MIMO2 OFDM broadband communication systems. This
work provides a deep insight into the performance of a broadband mobile radio
communication system over realistic wideband fading channels. Analytical expressions
are derived for bit error probability (BEP) or symbol error rate (SER) of systems.
In order to confirm the correctness of the theoretical results as well as to
show the usefulness of the wideband channel models in the testing and analysis of
a broadband communication system, SISO OFDM systems and space-time coded
MIMO OFDM systems are simulated in the dissertation.
In order to improve the reliability of digital transmission over broadband wireless
radio channels, a differential super-orthogonal space-time trellis code (SOSTTC)
is designed for noncoherent communications, where neither the transmitter nor the
receiver needs the channel state information (CSI) for decoding. In addition, a new
decoding algorithm is proposed. The new algorithm has exactly the same decoding
performance as the traditional one. However, it is superior from the standpoint of
overall computing complexity
Cooperative Radio Communications for Green Smart Environments
The demand for mobile connectivity is continuously increasing, and by 2020 Mobile and Wireless Communications will serve not only very dense populations of mobile phones and nomadic computers, but also the expected multiplicity of devices and sensors located in machines, vehicles, health systems and city infrastructures. Future Mobile Networks are then faced with many new scenarios and use cases, which will load the networks with different data traffic patterns, in new or shared spectrum bands, creating new specific requirements. This book addresses both the techniques to model, analyse and optimise the radio links and transmission systems in such scenarios, together with the most advanced radio access, resource management and mobile networking technologies. This text summarises the work performed by more than 500 researchers from more than 120 institutions in Europe, America and Asia, from both academia and industries, within the framework of the COST IC1004 Action on "Cooperative Radio Communications for Green and Smart Environments". The book will have appeal to graduates and researchers in the Radio Communications area, and also to engineers working in the Wireless industry. Topics discussed in this book include: • Radio waves propagation phenomena in diverse urban, indoor, vehicular and body environments• Measurements, characterization, and modelling of radio channels beyond 4G networks• Key issues in Vehicle (V2X) communication• Wireless Body Area Networks, including specific Radio Channel Models for WBANs• Energy efficiency and resource management enhancements in Radio Access Networks• Definitions and models for the virtualised and cloud RAN architectures• Advances on feasible indoor localization and tracking techniques• Recent findings and innovations in antenna systems for communications• Physical Layer Network Coding for next generation wireless systems• Methods and techniques for MIMO Over the Air (OTA) testin
Recent Advances in Wireless Communications and Networks
This book focuses on the current hottest issues from the lowest layers to the upper layers of wireless communication networks and provides "real-time" research progress on these issues. The authors have made every effort to systematically organize the information on these topics to make it easily accessible to readers of any level. This book also maintains the balance between current research results and their theoretical support. In this book, a variety of novel techniques in wireless communications and networks are investigated. The authors attempt to present these topics in detail. Insightful and reader-friendly descriptions are presented to nourish readers of any level, from practicing and knowledgeable communication engineers to beginning or professional researchers. All interested readers can easily find noteworthy materials in much greater detail than in previous publications and in the references cited in these chapters
Cooperative Radio Communications for Green Smart Environments
The demand for mobile connectivity is continuously increasing, and by 2020 Mobile and Wireless Communications will serve not only very dense populations of mobile phones and nomadic computers, but also the expected multiplicity of devices and sensors located in machines, vehicles, health systems and city infrastructures. Future Mobile Networks are then faced with many new scenarios and use cases, which will load the networks with different data traffic patterns, in new or shared spectrum bands, creating new specific requirements. This book addresses both the techniques to model, analyse and optimise the radio links and transmission systems in such scenarios, together with the most advanced radio access, resource management and mobile networking technologies. This text summarises the work performed by more than 500 researchers from more than 120 institutions in Europe, America and Asia, from both academia and industries, within the framework of the COST IC1004 Action on "Cooperative Radio Communications for Green and Smart Environments". The book will have appeal to graduates and researchers in the Radio Communications area, and also to engineers working in the Wireless industry. Topics discussed in this book include: • Radio waves propagation phenomena in diverse urban, indoor, vehicular and body environments• Measurements, characterization, and modelling of radio channels beyond 4G networks• Key issues in Vehicle (V2X) communication• Wireless Body Area Networks, including specific Radio Channel Models for WBANs• Energy efficiency and resource management enhancements in Radio Access Networks• Definitions and models for the virtualised and cloud RAN architectures• Advances on feasible indoor localization and tracking techniques• Recent findings and innovations in antenna systems for communications• Physical Layer Network Coding for next generation wireless systems• Methods and techniques for MIMO Over the Air (OTA) testin
Space-Time-Frequency Characterization of 3D Nonisotropic MIMO Multicarrier Propagation Channels Employing Directional Antennas
Abstract Channel models for outdoor wireless systems usually assume two-dimensional (2D) random scattering media. In the practical outdoor wireless channels, the impact of the wave propagation in the third-dimension is definitely important; especially when the communication system efficiently exploits potentials of multiple antennas. In this paper, we propose a new model for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) multicarrier propagation channels in a three-dimensional (3D) environment. Specifically, the proposed model describes the cross-correlation function (CCF) between two subchannels of an outdoor MIMO channel employing directional antennas and in the presence of nonisotropic wave propagation in 3D space. The derived CCF consists of some correlation terms. Each correlation term is in the form of a linear series expansion of averaged Bessel functions of the first kind with different orders. In practice, each correlation term has a limited number of Bessel components. Our numerical evaluations show the impact of different parameters of the propagation environment as well as the employed antennas on the resulting CCF. Using the proposed CCF, we also establish simple formulas to approximate the coherence time, the coherence bandwidth and the spatial coherence of such channels. The numerical curve fitting results fit to the empirical results reported in the channel modeling literature.</p
Space-Time-Frequency Characterization of 3D Nonisotropic MIMO Multicarrier Propagation Channels Employing Directional Antennas
Channel models for outdoor wireless systems usually assume two-dimensional (2D) random scattering media. In the practical outdoor wireless channels, the impact of the wave propagation in the third-dimension is definitely important; especially when the communication system efficiently exploits potentials of multiple antennas. In this paper, we propose a new model for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) multicarrier propagation channels in a three-dimensional (3D) environment. Specifically, the proposed model describes the cross-correlation function (CCF) between two subchannels of an outdoor MIMO channel employing directional antennas and in the presence of nonisotropic wave propagation in 3D space. The derived CCF consists of some correlation terms. Each correlation term is in the form of a linear series expansion of averaged Bessel functions of the first kind with different orders. In practice, each correlation term has a limited number of Bessel components. Our numerical evaluations show the impact of different parameters of the propagation environment as well as the employed antennas on the resulting CCF. Using the proposed CCF, we also establish simple formulas to approximate the coherence time, the coherence bandwidth and the spatial coherence of such channels. The numerical curve fitting results fit to the empirical results reported in the channel modeling literature