System and method for providing cellular signals to mobile device users travelling by air
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsDonna L. POLEHN, Fred WEISBROD
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for providing broadband network access to mobile devices during air travel. The system transmits a first signal from a phased array antenna towards an airspace. The system also steers the phased array antenna towards an aircraft within the airspace based on a determined movement of the aircraft, a device signal generated by a mobile device aboard the aircraft, or a combination thereof. The system also determines a frequency shift associated with a return of the first signal from the aircraft. Still further, the system determines a second signal of a different frequency based on the frequency shift.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- transmitting a first signal from a phased array antenna towards an airspace;
- steering the phased array antenna towards an aircraft within the airspace based on a determined movement of the aircraft, a device signal generated by a mobile device aboard the aircraft, or a combination thereof;
- determining a frequency shift associated with a return of the first signal from the aircraft;
- and
- determining a second signal of a different frequency based on the frequency shift.
An apparatus comprising a processor configured to:
- transmit a first signal from a phased array antenna towards an airspace;
- steer the phased array antenna towards an aircraft within the airspace based on a determined movement of the aircraft, a device signal generated by a mobile device aboard the aircraft, or a combination thereof;
- determine a frequency shift associated with a return of the first signal from the aircraft;
- and
- determine a second signal of a different frequency based on the frequency shift.
A system comprising:
- a platform configured to transmit a first signal from a phased array antenna towards an airspace;
- to steer the phased array antenna towards an aircraft within the airspace based on a determined movement of the aircraft, a device signal generated by a mobile device aboard the aircraft, or a combination thereof;
- to determine a frequency shift associated with a return of the first signal from the aircraft;
- and to determine a second signal of a different frequency based on the frequency shift.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.