High efficiency sub-orbital high altitude telecommunications system
First Claim
1. A wireless, telecommunications network system comprising:
- a plurality of telecommunications nodes, said nodes being located in a sub-orbital plane at about 12 to 35 miles above the earth, means for maintaining said nodes in preselected geographic locations in the sub-orbital plane, each of said nodes comprising means for sending and receiving broadband, digital radio telecommunications signals over a wireless telecommunications channel between said node in the sub-orbital plane and a ground communication device, said radio telecommunications signals being modulated by broadband code division multiple access spread spectrum technology, said means for sending and receiving said radio telecommunications signals further including a plurality of antennae that are operative to receive relatively weak telecommunications signals from said ground communication device, means for decoding the telecommunications signals received by each of said antennae so that said node can identify said ground communication device, and said antennae and said decoding means being operative to increase the sensitivity of said node so that it can detect and receive relatively weak telecommunications signals, so that maximum utilization of a spectrum is made available for use by said telecommunications signals without interference.
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Abstract
A wireless telecommunications system comprising a plurality of telecommunications nodes that include receivers and transmitters that are located in a suborbital plane. The telecommunications signals are broadband digital radio signals which are modulated by code division multiple access spread spectrum technology. The receivers include a plurality of antennae that are operative to receive relatively weak telecommunications signals and which use spatial processing to identify their source so that maximum utilization of the spectrum is made available for use by the telecommunications signals without interference.
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38 Claims
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1. A wireless, telecommunications network system comprising:
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a plurality of telecommunications nodes, said nodes being located in a sub-orbital plane at about 12 to 35 miles above the earth, means for maintaining said nodes in preselected geographic locations in the sub-orbital plane, each of said nodes comprising means for sending and receiving broadband, digital radio telecommunications signals over a wireless telecommunications channel between said node in the sub-orbital plane and a ground communication device, said radio telecommunications signals being modulated by broadband code division multiple access spread spectrum technology, said means for sending and receiving said radio telecommunications signals further including a plurality of antennae that are operative to receive relatively weak telecommunications signals from said ground communication device, means for decoding the telecommunications signals received by each of said antennae so that said node can identify said ground communication device, and said antennae and said decoding means being operative to increase the sensitivity of said node so that it can detect and receive relatively weak telecommunications signals, so that maximum utilization of a spectrum is made available for use by said telecommunications signals without interference. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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4. A wireless, telecommunications network system comprising:
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a plurality of telecommunications nodes, said nodes being located in a sub-orbital plane at about 12 to 35 miles above the earth, means for maintaining said nodes in preselected geographic locations in the sub-orbital plane, each of said nodes comprising means for sending and receiving broadband, digital radio telecommunications signals over a wireless telecommunications channel between said node in the sub-orbital plane and a ground communication device, said radio telecommunications signals being modulated by broadband code division multiple access spread spectrum technology, said means for sending and receiving said radio telecommunications signals further including a plurality of antennae that are operative to receive relatively weak telecommunications signals from said ground communication device, means for decoding the telecommunications signals received by each of said antennae so that said node can identify said ground communication device, said antennae and said decoding means being operative to increase the sensitivity of said node so that it can detect and receive relatively weak telecommunications signals, so that maximum utilization of a spectrum is made available for use by said telecommunications signals without interference, wherein said wireless telecommunications channel has a frequency bandwidth that is greater than about eight MHZ.
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20. A method for making wireless telecommunications comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of telecommunications nodes, said nodes defining a network, locating said nodes in a sub-orbital plane at about 12 to 35 miles above the earth and maintaining said nodes in preselected geographic locations in the suborbital plane, providing each of said nodes with means for sending and receiving broadband, digital radio telecommunications signals over a wireless telecommunications channel between said node in the suborbital plane and a ground communication device, providing each of said nodes with a plurality of antennae that are operative to receive relatively weak digital, radio telecommunications signals from said ground communication device, modulating said telecommunications signals by broadband code division multiple access spread spectrum technology, decoding said telecommunications signals received by each of said antennae so that said node can identify said ground communication device, and said antennae and said decoding means being operative to increase the sensitivity of said nodes so that they can detect and receive said relatively weak telecommunications signals, so that maximum utilization of a spectrum is made available for use by said telecommunications signals without interference. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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23. A method for making wireless telecommunications comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of telecommunications nodes, said nodes defining a network, locating said nodes in a sub-orbital plane at about 12 to 35 miles above the earth and maintaining said nodes in preselected geographic locations in the suborbital plane, providing each of said nodes with means for sending and receiving broadband, digital radio telecommunications signals over a wireless telecommunications channel between said node in the suborbital plane and a ground communication device, providing each of said nodes with a plurality of antennae that are operative to receive relatively weak digital, radio telecommunications signals from said ground communication device, modulating said telecommunications signals by broadband code division multiple access spread spectrum technology, decoding said telecommunications signals received by each of said antennae so that said node can identify said ground communication device, said antennae and said decoding means being operative to increase the sensitivity of said nodes so that they can detect and receive said relatively weak telecommunications signals, so that maximum utilization of a spectrum is made available for use by said telecommunications signals without interference, wherein said wireless telecommunications channel has a frequency bandwidth that is greater than about eight MHZ.
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