Air to ground communication system with separate control and traffic channels
AssigneeSmartsky Networks LLC
InventorsDouglas Hyslop, Gerard James Hayes, Elbert Stanford Eskridge, JR.
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Abstract
A base station within a network for providing ATG wireless communication in various cells may include an antenna array defining a plurality of wedge shaped sectors having respective widths defined in azimuth, and a beamforming control module. The beamforming control module may be configured to communicate with the antenna array via a first RF chain to perform beamforming defining traffic channel beams having a first width, and a second RF chain to perform beamforming defining control channel beams having a second width. The second width may be greater than the first width.
Claims20
A base station within a network for providing air-to-ground (ATG) wireless communication in various cells, the base station comprising:
- an antenna array defining a plurality of wedge shaped sectors having respective widths defined in azimuth;
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- a beamforming control module configured to communicate with the antenna array via a first RF chain to perform beamforming defining traffic channel beams having a first width, and a second RF chain to perform beamforming defining control channel beams having a second width, the second width being greater than the first width.
A network for providing air-to-ground (ATG) wireless communication in various cells, comprising:
- a first base station having a first antenna array defining a plurality of first sectors having respective widths defined in azimuth;
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- a second base station having a second antenna array defining a plurality of second sectors having respective widths defined in azimuth,
- wherein the first base station and the second base station are disposed offset from each other along a first direction, and
- wherein each of the first and second base stations includes a beamforming control module configured to communicate with the first and second antenna arrays, respectively, via a first RF chain to perform beamforming defining traffic channel beams having a first width, and a second RF chain to perform beamforming defining control channel beams having a second width, the second width being greater than the first width.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.