Patent ID: 11962390
Assignee: SUNLIGHT AEROSPACE INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for providing extended wireless communications, comprising:
providing an airborne platform having a communication payload able to establish at least a first and a second wireless link, and a flight control system able to alter a position and an attitude of the airborne platform;
elevating the airborne platform using the flight control system to an altitude at which wireless connectivity is able to be established with a first wireless network;
establishing a first wireless link to the first wireless network using the communication payload of the airborne platform;
establishing a second wireless link using the communication payload of the airborne platform;
relaying data between the first wireless link and the second wireless link using the communication payload;
monitoring data associated with at least one of the first wireless link and the second wireless link using a controller associated with the communication payload, wherein the monitored data includes at least one of a signal strength or a coverage area for the at least one of the first wireless link and the second wireless link; and
altering the position and the attitude of the airborne platform by adjusting flight control elements of the airborne platform using the flight control system until a position and an attitude is located for the airborne platform at which at least one of the signal strength or the coverage area for at least one of the first and the second wireless links with which the airborne platform is already in communication is optimized, as determined by the controller.