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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2006
Anand K. Chari, Bartlett, IL (US);
Harold Grant Saroka, Ashburn, VA (US);
Tim Joyce, Naperville, IL (US);
Patrick J. Walsh, Naperville, IL (US);
Yong Liu, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Daniel Bernard Mckenna, Vail, CO (US);
Anand K. Chari, Bartlett, IL (US);
Harold Grant Saroka, Ashburn, VA (US);
Tim Joyce, Naperville, IL (US);
Patrick J. Walsh, Naperville, IL (US);
Yong Liu, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Daniel Bernard McKenna, Vail, CO (US);
GoGo LLC, Itasca, IL (US);
Abstract
The Multi-Link Aircraft Cellular System makes use of multiple physically separated antennas mounted on the aircraft, as well as the use of additional optional signal isolation and optimization techniques to improve the call handling capacity of the Air-To-Ground cellular communications network. These additional techniques can include polarization domain and ground antenna pattern shaping (in azimuth, in elevation, or in both planes). Further, if code domain separation is added, dramatic increases in capacity are realized. Thus, the Air-To-Ground cellular communications network can increase its capacity on a per aircraft basis by sharing its traffic load among more than one cell or sector and by making use of multiple physically separated antennas mounted on the aircraft, as well as the use of additional optional signal isolation and optimization techniques.