Patent ID: 8849191
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a plurality of base station interface circuits positioned on Earth and geographically distributed in accordance with a path; a first plurality of spatially separated antennas; a first receiver connected to the first plurality of spatially separated antennas, the first receiver configured to receive, through the first plurality of spatially separated antennas, a plurality of cellular signals transmitted from the plurality of base station interface circuits, each cellular signal of the plurality of cellular signals including first data for a mobile device, a second plurality of spatially separated antennas; a first transmitter connected to the second plurality of spatially separated antennas, the first transmitter configured to transmit, through the second plurality of spatially separated antennas, the first data to the mobile device while the mobile device, the first receiver, and the first transmitter are moving in the same direction relative to the plurality of base station interface circuits and along the path; a second receiver connected to the second plurality of spatially separated antennas, the second receiver configured to receive, through the second plurality of spatially separated antennas, second data from the mobile device; and a second transmitter connected to at least one of the first plurality of spatially separated antennas, the second transmitter configured to transmit another cellular signal comprising the second data to at least one base station radio interface circuit of the plurality of base station interface circuits while the mobile device, the second receiver, and the second transmitter are moving in the same direction relative to the plurality of base station interface circuits and along the path.