Preliminary flight test program on telecom and broadcasting using high altitude platform stations

Wireless Personal Communications

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 341-361

  Miura, Ryu ^a   Suzuki, Mikio ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Telecommunications Advancement Organization of Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

High altitude platform station (HAPS); Solar powered unmanned aerial vehicle; Stratospheric platform

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; RADIO STATIONS; SATELLITE LINKS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

HIGH ALTITUDE PLATFORM STATIONS (HAPS);

TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

EID: 0037235353     PISSN: 09296212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022507025134     Document Type: Article

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