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US 9,178,606 B1Granted
WiFi coordination of satellite channels between moving vessels
AssigneeMaritime Telecommunications Network Inc.
InventorsRobert M Wise, Kevin McCarthy
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Abstract
A process of forming a wireless communication channel among moveable vessels (MCPs) involves establishing a directed wireless communication chain between the MCP to a fixed antenna, and at least one MCP of the MCPs utilizing two antennas to form the chain.
Claims9
A method of forming a wireless communication channel among a plurality of moveable vessels (MCPs), comprising:
- establishing a directed wireless communication chain between the MCPs and a fixed antenna;
- at least one MCP of the MCPs utilizing two antennas to form the directed wireless communication chain;
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- re-configuring a satellite to reduce a guaranteed CIR bandwidth (committed information rate bandwidth) for the MCPs upon the formation of the directed wireless communication chain to the fixed antenna.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium including instructions that when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
- establish a first directed wireless communication link between a first antenna of a first mobile communication device (first MCP) and a fixed antenna on land;
- establish a second directed wireless communication link between a second antenna of the first MCP and a second MCP;
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- cause re-configuration of a satellite to reduce a guaranteed CIR bandwidth (committed information rate bandwidth) for the first MCP and the second MCP upon the formation of the first directed wireless communication link.
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A system comprising:
- a two-way WiFi station comprising logic to establish a first directed wireless communication link between a first antenna of a first mobile communication device (first MCP) and a fixed antenna on land;
- logic to establish simultaneously with the first directed wireless communication link a second directed wireless communication link between a second antenna of the first MCP and a second MCP;
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- logic to cause re-configuration of a satellite to reduce a guaranteed CIR bandwidth (committed information rate bandwidth) for the first MCP and the second MCP upon the formation of the first directed wireless communication link.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.