Patent ID: 8483120

Claim:
A wireless, telecommunications network system comprising: a plurality of telecommunications nodes, said nodes being located in a sub-orbital plane at about 12 to 35 miles above the earth, means for maintaining said nodes in preselected geographic locations in the sub-orbital plane, each of said nodes comprising means for sending and receiving broadband, digital radio telecommunications signals over a wireless telecommunications channel between said node in the sub-orbital plane and a mobile ground communication device, said radio telecommunications signals being modulated by broadband code division multiple access spread spectrum technology, said means for sending and receiving said radio telecommunications signals further including a plurality of antennae that are operative to receive relatively weak telecommunications signals from said mobile ground communication device, means for decoding the telecommunications signals received by each of said antennae so that said node can identify said mobile ground communication device and its location, and said antennae and said decoding means being operative to increase the sensitivity of said node to signals identifying said mobile ground communication device and its location so that it can detect and receive relatively weak telecommunications signals, so that maximum utilization of a spectrum is made available for use by said telecommunications signals without interference.