Systems for recovery communications via airborne platforms
First Claim
1. A communications system for providing recovery communication service to users in a coverage area affected by an emergency disruption of normal communication services, the system comprising:
- a ground hub serving as a gateway to terrestrial networks including a dispatch center, the ground hub being configured to communicate with at least three mobile airborne platforms roving over the coverage area via respective feeder-links in a Ku or Ka band;
a first mobile airborne platform of the at least three mobile airborne platforms, configured to communicate in a first frequency band with emergency workers that are working in the coverage area and associated with the dispatch center;
a second mobile airborne platform of the at least three mobile airborne platforms, configured to communicate, in place of at least one disrupted base station in the coverage area, with user mobile phones in mobile phone frequency bands or user personal devices in WiFi bands located in the coverage area; and
a third mobile airborne platform of the at least three mobile airborne platforms, configured to generate real-time imaging of surfaces located in the coverage area,wherein the ground hub comprises;
a remote beam forming network to transform source signals into beam signals;
a wavefront multiplexer coupled to the remote beam forming network, the wavefront multiplexer performing a wavefront multiplexing transformation on input signals that include the beam signals and known diagnostic signals and generating wavefront multiplexed signals;
a bank of adaptive filters coupled to the wavefront multiplexer to equalize the wavefront multiplexed signals; and
an optimization unit coupled to the bank of adaptive filters to modify weightings of the adaptive filters based on differences between the known diagnostic signals and recovered diagnostic signals received from one of the at least three airborne platforms via a respective feeder-link.
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Abstract
A communications system for providing recovery communication service to users in a coverage area affected by an emergency disruption of normal communication services. The system comprises a ground hub serving as a gateway to terrestrial networks including a dispatch center and configured to communicate with at least three mobile airborne platforms roving over the coverage area via respective feeder-links in a Ku or Ka band. A first mobile airborne platform communicates in a first frequency band with emergency workers that are working in the coverage area and associated with the dispatch center. A second mobile airborne platform communicates, in place of at least one disrupted base station in the coverage area, with user mobile phones in mobile phone frequency bands or user personal devices in WiFi bands located in the coverage area. A third mobile airborne platform generates real-time imaging of surfaces located in the coverage area.
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19 Claims
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1. A communications system for providing recovery communication service to users in a coverage area affected by an emergency disruption of normal communication services, the system comprising:
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a ground hub serving as a gateway to terrestrial networks including a dispatch center, the ground hub being configured to communicate with at least three mobile airborne platforms roving over the coverage area via respective feeder-links in a Ku or Ka band; a first mobile airborne platform of the at least three mobile airborne platforms, configured to communicate in a first frequency band with emergency workers that are working in the coverage area and associated with the dispatch center; a second mobile airborne platform of the at least three mobile airborne platforms, configured to communicate, in place of at least one disrupted base station in the coverage area, with user mobile phones in mobile phone frequency bands or user personal devices in WiFi bands located in the coverage area; and a third mobile airborne platform of the at least three mobile airborne platforms, configured to generate real-time imaging of surfaces located in the coverage area, wherein the ground hub comprises; a remote beam forming network to transform source signals into beam signals; a wavefront multiplexer coupled to the remote beam forming network, the wavefront multiplexer performing a wavefront multiplexing transformation on input signals that include the beam signals and known diagnostic signals and generating wavefront multiplexed signals; a bank of adaptive filters coupled to the wavefront multiplexer to equalize the wavefront multiplexed signals; and an optimization unit coupled to the bank of adaptive filters to modify weightings of the adaptive filters based on differences between the known diagnostic signals and recovered diagnostic signals received from one of the at least three airborne platforms via a respective feeder-link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A communications system for providing recovery communication service to users in a coverage area affected by an emergency disruption of normal communication services, the system comprising:
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a ground hub serving as a gateway to terrestrial networks including a dispatch center, the ground hub being configured to communicate with at least three mobile airborne platforms roving over the coverage area via respective feeder-links in a Ku or Ka band; a first mobile airborne platform of the at least three mobile airborne platforms, configured to communicate in a first frequency band with emergency workers that are working in the coverage area and associated with the dispatch center; a second mobile airborne platform of the at least three mobile airborne platforms, configured to communicate, in place of at least one disrupted base station in the coverage area, with user mobile phones in mobile phone frequency bands or user personal devices in WiFi bands located in the coverage area; and a third mobile airborne platform of the at least three mobile airborne platforms, configured to generate real-time imaging of surfaces located in the coverage area, the third mobile airborne platform comprising a bi-static radar receiver to capture satellite signals originated from a satellite via a direct path and via reflected paths from the surfaces. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A communications system for providing real-time imaging of surfaces located in a coverage area affected by an emergency disruption of normal communication services, the system comprising:
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a first mobile airborne platform configured to communicate in a first frequency band with emergency workers that are working in the coverage area and associated with a dispatch center; a second mobile airborne platform configured to communicate, in place of at least one disrupted base station in the coverage area, with user mobile phones in mobile phone frequency bands or user personal devices in WiFi bands located in the coverage area; a third mobile airborne platform configured to provide real-time imaging of the surfaces located in the coverage area, the third mobile airborne platform comprising a bi-static radar receiver to capture satellite signals originated from a satellite via a direct path and via reflected paths from the surfaces, the satellite being one of communications satellites and direct broadcasting satellites; and a ground hub configured to communicate concurrently and independently with each of the first, second and third mobile airborne platforms via respective feeder-links in a Ku or Ka band. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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