The growing demand for radio access networks (RANs) driven by advanced wireless technology and the everincreasing mobile traffic, faces significant energy consumption challenges that threaten sustainability. To address this, an architecture referring to the vertical heterogeneous network (vHetNet) has recently been proposed. Our study seeks to enhance network operations in terms of energy efficiency and sustainability by examining a vHetNet configuration, comprising a high altitude platform station (HAPS) acting as a super macro base station (SMBS), along with a macro base station (MBS) and a set of small base stations (SBSs) in a densely populated area.

翻译：随着先进无线技术的发展和移动流量的持续增长，无线接入网络面临显著的能耗挑战，威胁其可持续性。为此，近期提出了一种称为垂直异构网络的架构方案。本研究通过分析由高空平台站（作为超级宏基站）、宏基站以及密集区域中一组小基站组成的垂直异构网络配置，旨在从能效和可持续性角度提升网络运营性能。