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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2007
Jerry A. Krill, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Donald D. Duncan, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Joseph Frank, Potomac, MD (US);
Craig R. Moore, Lisbon, MD (US);
Joseph Cipriano, Springfield, VA (US);
Raymond M. Sova, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Jerry A. Krill, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Donald D. Duncan, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Joseph Frank, Potomac, MD (US);
Craig R. Moore, Lisbon, MD (US);
Joseph Cipriano, Springfield, VA (US);
Raymond M. Sova, Owings Mills, MD (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
A communications system for wireless transceiving of information, comprising an optical array subsystem for transceiving optical signals and a millimeter wave subsystem for transceiving millimeter wave signals, and a beam steering controller for controlling the direction of the optical and millimeter wave signals. The communication system may be on a flying platform, such as a satellite and may communicate with multiple remote terminals.