Air-to-ground wireless deconfliction from ground-to-ground cellular communication

A method for radio frequency (RF) communication deconfliction between a ground-based radio and an airborne radio, communicating with a ground-based cellular network, comprising:

• communicating with said ground-based radio via:
• sending a first wireless signal to said ground-based radio via a first frequency, said first frequency being within a first frequency band;
• receiving a second wireless signal from said ground-based radio via a second frequency, said second frequency being within said first frequency band;
• communicating with said airborne radio via a split band, comprising:
• configuring a proxy server at a ground-based connection node to facilitate communicating between said airborne radio and said ground-based cellular network;
• sending a third wireless signal to said airborne radio via a third frequency, said third frequency being within said first frequency band;
• configuring an airborne proxy server associated with said airborne radio to facilitate said communicating between said airborne radio and said ground-based connection node;
• receiving a fourth wireless signal from said airborne radio via a fourth frequency, said fourth frequency being within a second frequency band.

A computer readable medium storing non-transitory computer readable program code embodied therein for directing radio frequency (RF) communication deconfliction between a ground-based user and an airborne user of a ground-based cellular network, the non-transitory computer readable program code comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor, or state machine, perform the steps of:

• segmenting a frequency band into a plurality of time/frequency segments;
• dividing said frequency band into a ground group of segments and an air group of segments via a frequency barrier, said frequency barrier being associated with a first frequency from said frequency band;
• changing said frequency barrier to a second frequency from within said frequency band based on a periodic analysis of a current state of network loading and connectivity to said ground-based connection node;
• scheduling a first allocation of said plurality of time/frequency segments for a first ground-based radio from within said ground group of segments;
• scheduling a second allocation of said plurality of time/frequency segments for a second ground-based radio from within said ground group of segments;
• scheduling a third allocation of said plurality of time/frequency segments for a first airborne radio from within said air group of segments;
• scheduling a fourth allocation of said plurality of time/frequency segments for a second airborne radio from within said air group of segments;
• directing a base radio to communicate with said ground-based radio and said airborne radio based on said scheduling, said base radio integrated within a ground-based connection node operably coupled to said ground-based cellular network.

A computer readable medium storing non-transitory computer readable program code embodied therein for radio frequency (RF) communication deconfliction between a ground-based user and an airborne user of a ground-based cellular network, the non-transitory computer readable code comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor or state machine, perform the steps of:

• directing a base radio to communicate with said ground-based radio, said base radio integrated within a ground-based connection node operably coupled to said ground-based cellular network, comprising:
• sending a first wireless signal to said ground-based user via a first frequency, said first frequency being within a first frequency band;
• and
• receiving a second wireless signal from said ground-based radio via a second frequency, said second frequency being within said first frequency band;
• commanding a proxy server within said ground-based connection node to facilitate said communication between said airborne radio and said ground-based cellular network;
• directing said base radio to communicate with said airborne radio via a split band, comprising:
• sending a third wireless signal to said airborne user via a third frequency, said third frequency being within said first frequency band;
• and
• receiving a fourth wireless signal from said airborne radio via a fourth frequency, said fourth wireless signal configured by an airborne proxy server associated with said airborne radio to facilitate said communication between said airborne radio and said ground-based connection node, said fourth frequency being within a second frequency band.