METHODS FOR PROVIDING DISTRIBUTED AIRBORNE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
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1. A method of providing wireless communication services, comprising:
- providing a plurality of airborne platforms with predetermined payload power and weight capabilities;
dividing a total communication payload into smaller communication payload sections, wherein each communication payload section has power and weight requirements that can be satisfied by the capabilities of a single airborne platform;
mounting at least one communication payload sections onto different ones of the airborne platforms and forming an airborne fleet with net communication payload capabilities of an airborne wireless communication node to define a distributed airborne communication payload;
receiving a wireless signal from a first area by the distributed airborne communication payload; and
relaying the received wireless signal along the communication payload sections located on the different ones of the airborne platforms to transmit the received wireless signal to a second area.
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Abstract
Embodiments of methods for providing distributed airborne wireless communications are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of providing wireless communication services includes: receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal from a first area by a distributed airborne communication payload, wherein the distributed airborne communication payload is comprised of sections located on respective ones of a plurality of airborne platforms; relaying the RF signal along the sections located on different airborne platforms; and transmitting the RF signal to a second area.
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1. A method of providing wireless communication services, comprising:
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providing a plurality of airborne platforms with predetermined payload power and weight capabilities; dividing a total communication payload into smaller communication payload sections, wherein each communication payload section has power and weight requirements that can be satisfied by the capabilities of a single airborne platform; mounting at least one communication payload sections onto different ones of the airborne platforms and forming an airborne fleet with net communication payload capabilities of an airborne wireless communication node to define a distributed airborne communication payload; receiving a wireless signal from a first area by the distributed airborne communication payload; and relaying the received wireless signal along the communication payload sections located on the different ones of the airborne platforms to transmit the received wireless signal to a second area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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