Patent ID: 8909130
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: H01Q,H04B

Abstract:
1. A relay device deployment system comprising: a deployer configured to be mounted on a mobile platform; a self-righting, self-contained, wireless relay device releasably stowed in the deployer, wherein the relay device comprises an extendable antenna and wherein the relay device is configured to be deployed from the deployer to a support surface and to operate as a node in an ad hoc telecommunications network; a node radio mounted to the deployer, wherein the node radio is configured to operate as a node in the ad hoc telecommunications network; a deployment mechanism mounted to the deployer, wherein the deployment mechanism is configured to deploy the relay device; and a processor mounted inside the deployer and operatively coupled to the node radio and the deployment mechanism, wherein the processor is configured to monitor the ad hoc telecommunication network's strength and to send a signal to the deployment mechanism to deploy the relay device when the ad hoc telecommunication network strength drops below a threshold value.