Automatically-reconfigurable tropospheric scatter communication link
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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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Abstract
A communication system includes multiple communication nodes and a processor. The communication nodes are configured to communicate over a tropospheric scattering channel. The processor is configured to communicate with the communication nodes over a secondary communication network, different from the tropospheric scattering channel, so as to control communication of the communication nodes over the tropospheric scattering channel.
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14 Claims
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1. A communication system, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A communication system, comprising:
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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 by communicating with the communication nodes over a secondary communication network, different from the tropospheric scattering channel, including adaptively adding or removing at least one of the communication nodes to and from the cascade, and alternating between; a first configuration in which the data is relayed with a first end-to-end latency and a first end-to-end throughput; and a second configuration in which the data is relayed with a second end-to-end latency, smaller than the first end-to-end latency, and a second end-to-end throughput that is smaller than the first end-to-end throughput.
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8. A method for communication, comprising:
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relaying data between first and second endpoints by communicating among multiple communication nodes in a cascade over a tropospheric scattering channel; and controlling 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, identifying a minimal subset of the communication nodes that are needed for connecting the first and second endpoints, and configuring the cascade such that the cascade includes only the minimal subset of the communication nodes. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for communication, comprising:
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relaying data between first and second endpoints by communicating among multiple communication nodes in a cascade over a tropospheric scattering channel; and controlling 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, wherein adding or removing the communication nodes comprises alternating between; a first configuration in which the data is relayed with a first end-to-end latency and a first end-to-end throughput; and a second configuration in which the data is relayed with a second end-to-end latency, smaller than the first end-to-end latency, and a second end-to-end throughput that is smaller than the first end-to-end throughput.
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