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 with most promising results. It outlines the roadmap for future development of HAPs.

• Focuses on placing HAPs in the perspective of current and future broadband wireless communication systems, providing the readers with an overview of the constraints affecting HAP-based broadband communications
• Provides a thorough overview of HAP enabling technologies, describes recent research activities with most promising results, and outlines the roadmap for future development of HAPs
• Covers enabling technologies and economics of HAP-based communication system including issues related to aeronautics, energetics, operating scenarios, applications and business modeling
• Examines the operating environment, advanced communication techniques for efficient radio link resource management, and suitable antennas
• Addresses multiplatform constellations, presenting the multiple HAP constellation planning procedure and discussing the networking implications of using multiple HAPs

About the Author

Dr David Grace, University of York, UK
Dr Grace he has been a member of the Communications Research Group at York, (where he is now a Senior Research Fellow) since 1994. He has worked on a variety of research contracts including several from the former Defence Evaluation and Research Agency. Current research interests include cognitive radio and dynamic spectrum management, particularly for high-altitude platform and terrestrial ad hoc networks. He is an author of over 100 conference and journal papers, many relating to HAP communications.

Dr Mihael Mohorcic, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Dr Mohorcic has been a member of the Department of Communication Systems at the Jozef Stefan Institute since 1994, where he is currently a Research Fellow. Since 2006 he is an assistant professor at the Jozef Stefan International Postgraduate School in the area of Telecommunications. His current research interests include the development and performance evaluation of network protocols and architectures for mobile and wireless communication systems, and resource management in terrestrial, stratospheric and satellite networks. He is co-author of several book chapters and author or co-author of more than 80 refereed journal and conference papers in the field of mobile and wireless communications.

Reviews
"The work is well referenced and includes over one hundred and fifty figures and more than seventy-five tables. Contributors include professionals and academics in the field of communications engineering from Slovenia, Israel, Thailand and the UK." (Book News Inc., February 2011)





Book Information
ISBN 9780470694459
Author David Grace
Format Hardback
Page Count 398
Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Weight(grams) 821g
Dimensions(mm) 252mm * 175mm * 26mm