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Airborne wireless communication systems, airborne communication methods, and communication methods

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1034293

An airborne wireless communication system includes circuitry configured to access information describing a configuration of a terrestrial wireless communication base station that has become disabled. The terrestrial base station is configured to implement wireless communication between wireless devices located within a geographical area and a network when the terrestrial base station is not disabled. The circuitry is further configured, based on the information, to configure the airborne station to have the configuration of the terrestrial base station. An airborne communication method includes answering a 911 call from a terrestrial cellular wireless phone using an airborne wireless communication system.

Research Organization:
Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-05ID14517
Assignee:
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, ID)
Patent Number(s):
8,078,162
Application Number:
11/870,357
OSTI ID:
1034293
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

Experiments on IMT-2000 Using Unmanned Solar Powered Aircraft at an Altitude of 20 km journal July 2005
The HALO network/sup TM/ journal June 2000
Establishing wireless communications services via high-altitude aeronautical platforms: a concept whose time has come? journal January 1997

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