Patent ID: 11870543
Assignee: STAR MESH LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 28:
29. A method of transmitting data from an originating terrestrial node to a destination terrestrial node via a radio route comprising a plurality of aerial nodes wherein each aerial node has at least one antenna for receiving and transmitting radio signals and each terrestrial node has at least one antenna for receiving and transmitting radio signals in different directions, the method comprising:
receiving at the originating terrestrial node a packet of data including an address designating the destination terrestrial node; and
transmitting the data packet from the originating terrestrial node at least two times for reception by at least two aerial nodes in the radio route, wherein a first terrestrial transmission transmits the data packet in a first predetermined direction for receipt by a first aerial node associated with the destination terrestrial node address, and a second terrestrial transmission transmits the data packet in a second predetermined direction for receipt by a second aerial node associated with the destination terrestrial node address.