AIRBORNE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, AIRBORNE COMMUNICATIONS METHODS, AND COMMUNICATIONS METHODS
First Claim
1. An airborne wireless communications system comprising:
- circuitry configured to access information describing a configuration of a terrestrial wireless communications base station that has become disabled, the terrestrial base station being configured to implement wireless communications between wireless devices located within a geographical area and a network when the terrestrial base station is not disabled, and wherein the circuitry is further configured to, based on the information, configure the airborne wireless communications system to have the configuration of the terrestrial base station.
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Abstract
An airborne wireless communications system includes circuitry configured to access information describing a configuration of a terrestrial wireless communications base station that has become disabled. The terrestrial base station is configured to implement wireless communications between wireless devices located within a geographical area and a network when the terrestrial base station is not disabled. The circuitry is further configured to, based on the information, configure the airborne station to have the configuration of the terrestrial base station. An airborne communications method includes answering a 911 call from a terrestrial cellular wireless phone using an airborne wireless communications system.
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25 Claims
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1. An airborne wireless communications system comprising:
circuitry configured to access information describing a configuration of a terrestrial wireless communications base station that has become disabled, the terrestrial base station being configured to implement wireless communications between wireless devices located within a geographical area and a network when the terrestrial base station is not disabled, and wherein the circuitry is further configured to, based on the information, configure the airborne wireless communications system to have the configuration of the terrestrial base station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An airborne wireless communications system comprising circuitry configured to:
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first access first information regarding a geographical area in which a terrestrial base station is configured to provide wireless communications; second access second information regarding a moving airborne vehicle comprising the airborne wireless communications system; use the first and second information to control the airborne wireless communications system so that a coverage area of the airborne wireless communications system includes the geographical area as the airborne vehicle moves; and implement wireless communications between wireless communications devices located within the geographical area and a network using the airborne wireless communications system. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A communications method comprising:
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using a terrestrial wireless communications base station, first implementing wireless communications between wireless devices located within a geographical area and a network at a first moment in time; and using an airborne wireless communications system, second implementing wireless communications between the wireless devices and the network at a later second moment in time. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. An airborne communications method comprising:
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first accessing first information regarding a geographical area in which a terrestrial base station is configured to provide wireless communications; second accessing second information regarding a moving airborne vehicle comprising an airborne wireless communications system; and using the first and second information, configuring the airborne wireless communications system so that a coverage area of the airborne wireless communications system includes the geographical area as the airborne vehicle moves. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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- 21. An airborne communications method comprising answering a 911 call from a terrestrial cellular wireless phone using an airborne wireless communications system.
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