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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2000
William George Carson Irwin, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Mark Melvin Kanne, Chandler, AZ (US);
William George Carson Irwin, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Mark Melvin Kanne, Chandler, AZ (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A communications link for a cellular communications system () includes a first airplane () for flying in a first pattern () and including a first antenna for transmitting RF beams () to form a first footprint () on a first target geographic area () to provide cellular phone users () within the footprint with a first communications link. A second airplane (') flies in a second pattern () and includes a second antenna for transmitting RF beams () to form a second footprint () on a second target geographic area () to provide cellular phone users () within the second footprint with a second communications link. The first and second airplanes each fly at an altitude that is below a high altitude level and that is varied to enable continuous uninterrupted coverage to be provided to a service area below in a weather pattern-independent and geographic feature-independent manner.