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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Hughes Network Systems, Llc, Germantown, MD (US);
Inventors:
Anthony Robert Noerpel, Lovettsville, VA (US);
Stanley Edward Kay, Rockville, MD (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Network Systems, LLC, Germantown, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/1851 (2013.01); H04B 7/185 (2013.01); H04B 7/18513 (2013.01);
Abstract
Multibeam coverage for a high altitude platform is disclosed. An example apparatus includes a plurality of antennas configured to provide communication coverage among a plurality of terminals within a specified area on the ground, each antenna being configured to communicate with a specified cell within the specified area. The antennas of the example apparatus have differently sized apertures to maintain a similar surface spectral density among the cells within the specified area.