High altitude platform station (HAPS) systems have recently attracted renewed attention. While terrestrial and satellite technologies are well established for providing connectivity services, they face certain shortcomings and challenges, which could be addressed by complementing them with HAPS systems. In this article, we envision a HAPS as a super macro base station, to which we refer as HAPS-SMBS, to provide connectivity in a plethora of applications. Unlike a conventional HAPS, which targets broad coverage for remote areas or disaster recovery, we envision next-generation HAPS-SMBS to have the necessary capabilities to address the high capacity, low latency, and computing requirements, especially for highly populated metropolitan areas. This article focuses mainly on the potential opportunities, target use cases, and challenges that we expect to be associated with the design and implementation of the HAPS-SMBS-based future wireless access architecture.

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基于高空平台站的超级宏基站星座

高空平台站（HAPS）系统最近引起了新的关注。尽管已经为提供连接服务而完善了地面和卫星技术，但它们面临某些缺点和挑战，可以通过使用HAPS系统对其进行补充来解决这些缺点和挑战。在本文中，我们将HAPS设想为超级宏基站，我们将其称为HAPS-SMBS，以在众多应用程序中提供连接。与传统的HAPS面向的是偏远地区或灾难恢复的广泛覆盖范围不同，我们设想下一代HAPS-SMBS具有必要的功能来满足高容量，低延迟和计算要求，尤其是在人口稠密的城市地区。本文主要关注潜在机会，目标用例，