Aircell LLC

J C Ray

Robert L George

Daniel Bernard McKenna

Stephen S Jones

Geoffrey A Hoppe

The non-terrestrial cellular mobile telecommunication station uses a number of non-interference techniques to extend the usage of existing cellular mobile telecommunication radio frequencies allocated for ground-based communications to the non-terrestrial realm. For example, the polarization of the signals produced by the antenna elements of the non-terrestrial cellular mobile telecommunication station is different than and preferably substantially orthogonal to the polarization of the cellular radio signals produced by the ground-based antennas to thereby minimize the possibility of interference with the ground-based radio signals. Furthermore, the control signals exchanged between the non-terrestrial mobile subscriber stations and the non-terrestrial cell site controller are architected to avoid the possibility of interference with ground-based cell site transmitter-receiver pairs. The transmit power of the non-terrestrial cellular mobile telecommunication station is also tightly controlled and of a magnitude to be rejected by the ground-based mobile subscriber stations and cell site transmitter-receiver pairs.

Non-terrestrial cellular mobile telecommunication station

The multidimensional cellular mobile telecommunication system extends the usage of existing cellular mobile telecommunication radio frequencies allocated for ground-based communications to non-terrestrial mobile subscriber stations by adding an overlay of non-terrestrial cells of predetermined geometry and locus in space to the existing ground-based cellular cell site network. The polarization of the signals produced by the non-terrestrial antenna elements is a polarization that is different than and preferably substantially orthogonal to the polarization of the cellular radio signals produced by the ground-based antennas, such as a horizontal polarization, to thereby minimize the possibility of interference with the vertically polarized ground-based radio signals. Furthermore, the control signals exchanged between the non-terrestrial mobile subscriber stations and the non-terrestrial cell site controller are architected to avoid the possibility of interference with ground-based cell site transmitter-receiver pairs. In particular, the control channels used for the non-terrestrial mobile subscriber stations are selected such that the control signals transmitted in these channels are unrecognizable to the ground-based mobile subscriber stations and cell site transmitter-receiver pairs, so that even if broadcasts from a non-terrestrial mobile subscriber station reach a ground-based mobile subscriber station or cell site receiver, they cannot be interpreted and are rejected out of hand.

Multidimensional cellular mobile telecommunication system

Antenna for nonterrestrial mobile telecommunication system

Nonterrestrial cellular mobile telecommunication network

Nonterrestrial cellular mobile telecommunication system

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Denison, TX, United States of America

J C Ray