Reconfigurable wireless radio system for providing high bandwidth internet access to rural areas using a limited number of frequencies and adaptable hardware

Abstract

A communication system comprising a plurality of ground stations, each including a plurality of directional antennae arranged around a center axis, each directional antenna having a beam width associated with a particular area around the ground station; for each ground-based directional antenna, at least one software defined radio coupled to the directional antenna in such a manner as to enable the ground-based directional antenna to transmit radio frequency signals generated by the software defined radio and to provide to the software defined radio frequency signals received by the ground-based directional antenna; for each ground station, at least one control unit; wherein the control unit of a first ground station is configured to enable a transmission of a signal from a first directional antenna of the first ground station; wherein the control unit of a second ground station is configured to enable the reception of the signal from a first directional antenna of the second ground station; and wherein the second ground station has a link to the Internet.