Patent ID: 11968022
Assignee: SUNLIGHT AEROSPACE INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 20:
21. A method of providing wireless communication services, comprising:
transmitting a plurality of first beams at a first radio frequency (RF) from an airborne fleet comprised of a plurality of aircraft having a distributed airborne communication payload comprising requisite airborne equipment for a communication cell, wherein a total communication payload is subdivided into smaller communication payload sections being constituent subsets that are varied so as to collectively compose the entirety of the airborne equipment, wherein at least one smaller communication payload section is mounted on different ones of the plurality of aircraft, and wherein the smaller communication payload sections comprise overlapping communication payload functionality such that if a smaller communication payload section fans, remaining ones of the smaller communication payload sections are able provide the communication payload functionality of the failed smaller communication payload section,
wherein the smaller communication payload sections of the distributed airborne communication payload are centrally managed by a controller to function as a single network component,
wherein the plurality of first beams are characterized by corresponding first frequency band, channel, bandwidth, transmission format, uneven angular field intensity distribution, and boundaries,
wherein neighboring first beams have an overlap region, and
wherein at least one of the following characteristics is different between the neighboring first beams: frequency band, channel, or transmission format;
creating a plurality of first ground communication cells defined by respective boundaries of the plurality of first beams, wherein each of the first ground communication cells are characterized by their size, shape, and position; and
modifying a shape of at least one of the first ground communication cells by transmitting a reshaped first beam.