Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Air to ground communication system with separate control and traffic channels
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Application No.: US15208738Application Date: 2016-07-13
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Publication No.: US10911105B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: Douglas Hyslop , Gerard James Hayes , Elbert Stanford Eskridge, Jr.
- Applicant: SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC
- Applicant Address: US NC Charlotte
- Assignee: SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC
- Current Assignee: SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Charlotte
- Agency: Burr & Forman, LLP
- Main IPC: H04B7/04
- IPC: H04B7/04 ; H04B7/06 ; H04W88/08 ; H04B7/185

Abstract:
A base station within a network for providing ATG wireless communication in various cells may include an antenna array defining a plurality of wedge shaped sectors having respective widths defined in azimuth, and a beamforming control module. The beamforming control module may be configured to communicate with the antenna array via a first RF chain to perform beamforming defining traffic channel beams having a first width, and a second RF chain to perform beamforming defining control channel beams having a second width. The second width may be greater than the first width.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180019789A1 AIR TO GROUND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH SEPARATE CONTROL AND TRAFFIC CHANNELS Public/Granted day:2018-01-18
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