Apparatus for distributed airborne wireless communications
AssigneeSunlight Photonics Inc.
InventorsSergey V. Frolov, Michael Cyrus, Allan J. Bruce, John Peter Moussouris
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Abstract
Embodiments of apparatus for providing distributed airborne wireless communications are provided herein. In some embodiments, a distributed communication payload includes: a payload control electronics module; an air-to-user link module to provide wireless communication links between airborne platforms and end-user devices; and an air-to-air link module to provide wireless communication links between airborne platforms; wherein the air-to-user and air-to-air link modules are subdivided into multiple sections that can be disposed on different airborne platforms.
Claims29
A distributed communication payload, comprising:
- a payload control electronics module;
- an air-to-user link module to provide wireless communication links between airborne platforms and end-user devices,
- wherein the airborne platforms comprise at least one unmanned aerial vehicle;
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- an air-to-air link module to provide wireless communication links between airborne platforms;
- wherein the air-to-user and air-to-air link modules are subdivided into multiple sections that can be disposed on different airborne platforms;
- wherein the air-to-user link module is configured to have a first combined communication capacity,
- the air-to-air link module is configured to have a second combined communication capacity, and
- wherein the second communication capacity is greater than or equal to the first communication capacity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.