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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2014
Sunlight Aerospace Inc., Edison, NJ (US);
Sergey V. Frolov, New Providence, NJ (US);
Michael Cyrus, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Allan J. Bruce, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
John Peter Moussouris, Palo Alto, CA (US);
SUNLIGHT AEROSPACE INC., Edison, NJ (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of methods and apparatus for providing distributed airborne wireless communications are provided herein. In some embodiments, an airborne wireless service area includes: an airborne fleet, comprised of a plurality of aircraft, wherein the airborne fleet is configured to transmit a plurality of first beams at a first radio frequency (RF), wherein the plurality of first beams are characterized by corresponding first frequency band, channel, bandwidth, transmission format, uneven angular field intensity distribution, and boundaries, wherein neighboring first beams have an overlap region, and wherein at least one of the following characteristics is different between the neighboring first beams: frequency band, channel, or transmission format; and a plurality of first communication cells defined by respective boundaries of the plurality of first beams, wherein each of the first communication cells are characterized by their size, shape, and position.