High altitude airborne craft used as radio relay and method for placing said airborne craft on station
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1. A method of replacing a radio relay in a telecommunications network comprising a plurality of radio relays, the method comprising the steps of:
- replacing said radio relay (10) by an aircraft (1) of the airplane or glider type which has propulsion means (2) enabling said aircraft (1) to maintain itself, to move itself, and to orient itself solely at high altitude;
providing said aircraft with transceiver means (15) for radio waves (16, 17); and
taking said aircraft (1) to an altitude and a position such that said transceiver means (15) lies in the same direction, relative to at least one user (11, 12) of said telecommunications network (RT), as said replaced relay (10), with operation between said transceiver means (15) and said user (11, 12) being performed via an already existing interface without modification thereof, thereby avoiding the need to modify the pointing direction of an antenna of said user.
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The present invention relates to an aircraft and to a method of getting the aircraft onto station. According to the invention, said aircraft (1) includes propulsion means (2) capable only of enabling said aircraft (1) to move and to orient itself at high altitude, and said aircraft (1) is taken to its station in the high atmosphere, in particular in the stratosphere, by means of an independent transporter (3).
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1. A method of replacing a radio relay in a telecommunications network comprising a plurality of radio relays, the method comprising the steps of:
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replacing said radio relay (10) by an aircraft (1) of the airplane or glider type which has propulsion means (2) enabling said aircraft (1) to maintain itself, to move itself, and to orient itself solely at high altitude; providing said aircraft with transceiver means (15) for radio waves (16, 17); and taking said aircraft (1) to an altitude and a position such that said transceiver means (15) lies in the same direction, relative to at least one user (11, 12) of said telecommunications network (RT), as said replaced relay (10), with operation between said transceiver means (15) and said user (11, 12) being performed via an already existing interface without modification thereof, thereby avoiding the need to modify the pointing direction of an antenna of said user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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