Patent ID: 9614608
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: H01Q,H04B,H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A system for providing broadband access, comprising: a plurality of gateways, each of the gateways being coupled to a core network; one or more user terminals; and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the UAV comprising: a first antenna system configured to form at least one first beam towards the one or more user terminals; a second antenna system configured to form at least one second beam toward the one or more gateways; a first set of radio transceivers and modems configured to transmit and receive a first plurality of signals to/from the one or more user terminals; a second set of radio transceivers and modems configured to transmit and receive a second plurality of signals to/from the one or more gateways; and a router/processor sub-system configured to route packets between the one or more user terminals and at least one of the plurality of gateways and to manage the at least one first and at least one second beams, where the router/processor sub-system is further configured to: