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Automatically-reconfigurable tropospheric scatter communication link

  • US 9,231,832 B2
  • Filed: 12/29/2013
  • Issued: 01/05/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A communication system, comprising:

  • multiple communication nodes, which are configured to relay data between first and second endpoints by communicating in a cascade over a tropospheric scattering channel; and

    a processor, which is configured to control communication of the communication nodes over the tropospheric scattering channel, including adaptively adding or removing at least one of the communication nodes to and from the cascade, by communicating with the communication nodes over a secondary communication network, different from the tropospheric scattering channel, to identify a minimal subset of the communication nodes that are needed for connecting the first and second endpoints, and to configure the cascade such that the cascade includes only the minimal subset of the communication nodes.

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