Rain attenuation effects in considering the feasibility of stratospheric communication platforms for rural areas of South Africa.
Also known as High Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS), these systems employ unmanned or manned, solar or fuel energy airships or aircraft carrying payloads with transponders and antennas. These remote airships or aircraft offer a much more cost effective solution for coverage of certain regi...
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10413/9013 |