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2 Communications from Aerial Platform Networks delivering “Broadband for All” Will deliver ‘Broadband for All’ from high altitude aerial platforms Balanced research, development and exploitation activities €5.6M project involving >60 people from complementary organisations Started Nov 03 and runs for 3 years Japanese collaborator strengthens project 13 Partners National Institute of Information and Communications Technology of Japan

3 HAP Network Concept

4 Simple picture Not to Scale! Up to 300km/h Up to 120Mbit/s 28GHz, 48GHz, + optical backhaul and interplatform 17-22km Fixed BFWA particularly for rural locations Moving Train WLAN Phased Array, Smart Antenna

5 HAPs - What are they ? Either airships or planesSituated typically 17-22km above the Earth

6 Key Technical Activities of CAPANINA project Applications/Business Models Markets Outline system architecture Communications Links & Networking Identification of Standards for mobile scenario Mm-wave propagation model characterisation Resource management/spectrum sharing methodologies Network architecture for multimedia services Communications Nodes Equipment for trials Smart antenna development – vehicles & HAP Optical comms equipment Testbed Development Yr 1: UK Trial -300m tethered aerostat Yr 2: Italy / Sweden’ Trial - Stratospheric balloon test Yr 3 : ‘Japanese’ Trial

7 HAP Architecture 60km Backhaul via satellite for remote areas Fibre Network Broadband Services Fibre Network Local Backhaul to Hub for less remote areas

8 STRATOSPHERE MESOSPHERE TROPOSPHERE 10 km 50 km 100 km IONOSPHERE THERMOSPHERE 80 km 0 km HAP Supersonic Aircraft Structure of the Atmosphere

9 Coverage from a HAP Potentially very large coverage. E.g. - 1 HAP over 20 km altitude: line of sight: 5º elevation

10 Developing a Commercial solution CONFIDENCE INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT DEMONSTRATION