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- Patent Title: Method and airborne system for aircraft wireless comunications through terrestrial cellular communications networks without any modification on ground
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Application No.: US17307308Application Date: 2021-05-04
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Publication No.: US11647443B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Jorge Casamayón Antón , Carlos Gomez Calero
- Applicant: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE, S.A.U.
- Applicant Address: ES Getafe
- Assignee: Airbus Defence and Space, S.A.U.
- Current Assignee: Airbus Defence and Space, S.A.U.
- Current Assignee Address: ES Getafe
- Agency: KDW Firm PLLC
- Priority: EP 382369 2020.05.05
- Main IPC: H04W36/32
- IPC: H04W36/32 ; H04B7/01 ; H04B7/06 ; H04W16/28 ; H04W84/06

Abstract:
A method and system for Air-To-Ground communications allowing integration of the aircraft communication with a terrestrial cellular communications network. The solution is carried out in the aircraft so any existing standard terrestrial cellular communication network may be used without requiring any modification. The constraints due to the special aircraft conditions (speed and height) are efficiently solved, allowing broad interoperability with the cellular communications network, satisfying the increasing high speed data demand. Specifically, in order to solve the handover constraints the aircraft antenna will create at least two radiation patterns: one for maintaining the current connection with the serving base station and another one or more to search the next suitable best station for handover.
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