Marco Cutarelli
6G Multi-HAPS Networks: Coverage, Resilience and Priority-Aware Strategies.
Rel. Michela Meo, Greta Vallero. Politecnico di Torino, Master of science program in Ict For Smart Societies, 2025
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Abstract
When terrestrial communications partially or completely fail, rapidly deployable non-terrestrial overlays can be decisive to preserve essential services. This thesis presents a modular simulation framework for multi-HAPS (High-Altitude Platform Station) networks targeting urban environments and large-scale outages. The framework integrates realistic MU-MIMO air-interface modeling, antenna directivity, and weather-aware propagation losses (free-space, atmospheric gases, rain, cloud/fog) within a priority-aware management layer. The architecture extends to HAPS-to-HAPS operation, enabling cooperative overlays when terrestrial infrastructure is degraded or unavailable. Evaluation over Paris, using Orange mobile-traffic traces, compares user association, scheduling, and content placement under fair-weather and worst-day meteorology. A BestHAPS association balancing link quality, platform load, and backhaul headroom, combined with weighted proportional-fair scheduling delivers robust per-area beam capacity (averaging ≈ 100 Mb/s).
Capacity remains higher in suburban/rural sectors and tighter in dense urban zones, reflecting path loss and load patterns
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