TERRESTRIAL BASED HIGH SPEED DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK FOR IN-FLIGHT AIRCRAFT

• US 20070232299A1
• Filed: 01/12/2007
• Published: 10/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wi-Sky Networks, LLC
• Original Assignee: Wi-Sky Networks, LLC
• Inventors: Alcorn, Donald
• Application Number:
  US11/622,811
• Publication Number:
  US 20070232299A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/431
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18506 Communications with or from aircraft, i.e. aeronautical mobile service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/005 Moving wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/06 Airborne or Satellite Networks space-based or airborne stations H04B7/185

Abstract

This present invention is a network for providing high speed data communications. The network includes multiple terrestrial transmission stations that are located within overlapping communications range and a mobile receiver station. The terrestrial transmission stations provide a direct high speed data communications link with the mobile receiver station according to IEEE 802.16 Air Interface Standard in a mesh network configuration.

Claims

1. A network for providing high speed data communications, comprising:

a plurality of terrestrial transmission stations that are located within overlapping communications range; and

a mobile receiver station, where the plurality of terrestrial transmission stations provide a direct high speed data communications link with the mobile receiver station according to IEEE 802.16 Air Interface Standard in a mesh network configuration.

2. The network of claim 1, where the IEEE 802.16 Air Interface Standard comprises the IEEE 802.16-2005 standard.

3. The network of claim 1, where the mesh network configuration comprises a non-line of sight network that utilizes and Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Access (OFDMA) protocol.

4. The network of claim 3, where the OFDMA protocol is scalable.

5. The network of claim 3, where the OFDMA protocol utilizes a turbo coding technique for network security.

6. The network of claim 3, where the OFDMA protocol utilizes a low-density parity check technique for network security.

7. The network of claim 1, where the IEEE 802.16 Air Interface Standard comprises the HIPERMAN standard.

8. A network for providing high speed data communications, comprising:

a plurality of terrestrial transmission stations that are located within overlapping communications range; and

an airborne receiver station, where the plurality of terrestrial transmission stations provide a direct high speed data communications link with the mobile receiver station according to IEEE 802.16 Air Interface Standard in a mesh network configuration.

9. A network for providing high speed data communications, comprising:

a plurality of terrestrial transmission stations that are located within overlapping communications range; and

a seaborne receiver station, where the plurality of terrestrial transmission stations provide a direct high speed data communications link with the mobile receiver station according to IEEE 802.16 Air Interface Standard in a mesh network configuration.