RF signal feed through method and apparatus for shielded aircraft fuselage
    21.
    发明授权
    RF signal feed through method and apparatus for shielded aircraft fuselage 有权
    射频信号馈通方法和装置用于屏蔽飞机机身

    公开(公告)号:US08359026B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-01-22

    申请号:US11440301

    申请日:2006-05-24

    IPC分类号: H04W4/00

    CPC分类号: H04B7/18506 H01Q1/28

    摘要: A system and method for selectively enabling and disabling wireless connectivity between cellular or PDA users on-board commercial aircraft having a shielded fuselage, and remotely located wireless access points, while the aircraft is at an airport or airfield. The system and method does not require access to an on-board LAN system of the aircraft. The system includes one or more antennae disposed in the cabin area of the aircraft that are coupled via an RF switch with an exterior antenna mounted on an exterior of the fuselage. The RF switch is controlled by a switch control subsystem, and enables or disables communication between the interior antennae and the exterior antenna. The exterior antenna is connected to the switch via a conductor that extends through the shielding of the aircraft. When the RF switch is in the closed position, cellular or PDA users can connect through the interior antennae and the exterior antenna directly to remotely located wireless access points.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于在飞机在机场或机场的同时,在具有屏蔽机身的蜂窝或PDA用户车载商用飞机和位于远程位置的无线接入点之间选择性地启用和禁用无线连接的系统和方法。 该系统和方法不需要访问飞机的车载LAN系统。 该系统包括一个或多个天线,其设置在飞行器的机舱区域中,该天线通过RF开关与安装在机身外部的外部天线耦合。 RF开关由开关控制子系统控制,并启用或禁用内部天线与外部天线之间的通信。 外部天线通过延伸穿过飞机屏蔽的导体连接到开关。 当RF开关处于关闭位置时,蜂窝或PDA用户可以通过内部天线和外部天线直接连接到远程位置的无线接入点。

    Phased array antenna using identical antenna cells
    22.
    发明授权
    Phased array antenna using identical antenna cells 有权
    使用相同天线单元的相控阵天线

    公开(公告)号:US08054224B1

    公开(公告)日:2011-11-08

    申请号:US12913093

    申请日:2010-10-27

    IPC分类号: H01Q3/00

    CPC分类号: H01Q3/24 H01Q3/26

    摘要: A method and apparatus for creating an antenna system. A configuration for a plurality of antenna cells is selected for an antenna in the antenna system. Each antenna cell in the plurality of antenna cells comprises a plurality of antenna elements having a symmetric arrangement. A portion of antenna elements in the plurality of antenna elements for each antenna cell in the plurality of antenna cells on a substrate is selected to transmit electromagnetic waves.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于创建天线系统的方法和装置。 在天线系统中为天线选择多个天线小区的配置。 多个天线单元中的每个天线单元包括具有对称布置的多个天线元件。 选择在基板上的多个天线单元中的每个天线单元的多个天线元件中的天线元件的一部分,以发射电磁波。

    System and method for providing voice and data communications between persons onboard a mobile platform and a cellular base station
    24.
    发明授权
    System and method for providing voice and data communications between persons onboard a mobile platform and a cellular base station 有权
    用于在移动平台和蜂窝基站之间的人之间提供语音和数据通信的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07242931B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-07-10

    申请号:US10847131

    申请日:2004-05-17

    IPC分类号: H04Q7/20

    CPC分类号: H04B7/18508

    摘要: A communications system and method for providing a cellular communications link between a user traveling on a mobile platform (or at a remote location) and a terrestrial based segment. The system and method uses a radio access segment located on board the mobile platform (or at the remote location) to interface with the user's personal communications device. The bearer terminal facilitates the transmission of information to and from the radio access segment, via an off-platform system, to the terrestrial segment. The terrestrial segment manages the communications link between one or more cellular service providers who are accessing the terrestrial segment and the mobile platform (or a remote site). The system does not limit access to the terrestrial segment to only one cellular service provider but instead allows virtually any number of cellular service providers to access the terrestrial segment and to participate in providing a cellular link to the mobile platform (or a remote site).

    摘要翻译: 一种用于在移动平台(或远程位置)上行进的用户与基于陆地的段之间提供蜂窝通信链路的通信系统和方法。 系统和方法使用位于移动平台(或远程位置)上的无线电接入段与用户的个人通信设备进行接口。 承载终端便于将信息从无线电接入段经由离线系统传输到地面段。 地面段管理正在接入地面段的一个或多个蜂窝服务提供商与移动平台(或远程站点)之间的通信链路。 该系统不仅限于仅将一个蜂窝业务提供商接入地面部分,而是允许几乎任何数量的蜂窝服务提供商接入地面部分并参与向移动平台(或远程站点)提供蜂窝链路。

    Wireless communication inside shielded envelope
    25.
    发明申请
    Wireless communication inside shielded envelope 审中-公开
    屏蔽信封内的无线通信

    公开(公告)号:US20060270470A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-11-30

    申请号:US11440300

    申请日:2006-05-24

    IPC分类号: H04M1/00

    摘要: A system and method for preventing use of cellular/PDA devices on-board a mobile platform, such as an aircraft. The system involves using the shielding of the fuselage of the aircraft to provide a first degree of signal-to-noise ratio attenuation of signals from terrestrial wireless access points entering into the interior cabin area of the aircraft. A noise floor lifter subsystem raises the noise floor level within the aircraft to provide a second degree of attenuation of the signal-to-noise ratio of the signal entering the aircraft. By using the shielding of the fuselage, communication of the cellular/PDA devices can be prevented with a lesser degree of noise floor lifting within the aircraft, thus reducing the chance of interference with terrestrial wireless access points and/or interference with important navigation or avionics subsystems within the aircraft.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于防止在诸如飞行器的移动平台上使用蜂窝/ PDA设备的系统和方法。 该系统涉及使用飞行器的机身的屏蔽来提供来自进入飞行器的内部舱室区域的地面无线接入点的信号的第一程度的信噪比衰减。 噪声楼层升降器子系统提高飞行器内的噪声基准电平,以提供进入飞行器的信号的信噪比的第二程度的衰减。 通过使用机身的屏蔽,可以在飞机内以较小程度的噪声层提升来防止蜂窝/ PDA设备的通信,从而减少对陆地无线接入点的干扰和/或对重要导航或航空电子设备的干扰 飞机内的子系统。

    Soft handoff method and apparatus for mobile vehicles using directional antennas
    26.
    发明申请
    Soft handoff method and apparatus for mobile vehicles using directional antennas 有权
    使用定向天线的移动车辆的软切换方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20060229104A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-10-12

    申请号:US11314647

    申请日:2005-12-21

    IPC分类号: H04B1/00 H04M1/00 H04B15/00

    摘要: A system and method for implementing soft handoffs in a cellular communications system on a mobile platform. The system employs an antenna controller in communication with a beam forming network that generates two independently aimable lobes from a single beam. The single beam is radiated by a phased array antenna on the mobile platform. In an Air-to-Ground implementation involving an aircraft, a base transceiver station (BTS) look-up position table is utilized to provide the locations of a plurality of BTS sites within a given region that the aircraft is traversing. The antenna controller controls the beam forming network to generate dual lobes from the single beam that facilitate making a soft handoff from one BTS site to another. In a ground-based application, one lobe of the beam is used to maintain a communications link with one BTS site while a second lobe of the beam is continuously scanned about a predetermined arc to receive RF signals from other BTS sites and to determine when a new BTS site has become available that will provide a higher quality link than the link presently made with the one BTS site. A soft handoff is then implemented from the one BTS site to the new BTS site.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于在移动平台上的蜂窝通信系统中实现软越区切换的系统和方法。 该系统采用与波束形成网络通信的天线控制器,其从单个波束产生两个独立的可瞄准波瓣。 单个波束由移动平台上的相控阵天线辐射。 在涉及飞机的空对地实施中,使用基站收发台(BTS)查找位置表来提供飞机正在穿过的给定区域内的多个BTS站点的位置。 天线控制器控制波束形成网络以从单个波束产生双波瓣,这有助于从一个BTS站点到另一个BTS站点的软切换。 在基于地面的应用中,波束的一个波瓣用于维持与一个BTS站点的通信链路,而波束的第二波段围绕预定弧线连续扫描以接收来自其他BTS站点的RF信号,并确定何时 新的BTS站点已经变得可用,将提供比当前使用一个BTS站点的链路更高质量的链路。 然后,从一个BTS站点到新的BTS站点实现软切换。

    Managing satellite fixed beam uplink using virtual channel assignments
    27.
    发明授权
    Managing satellite fixed beam uplink using virtual channel assignments 有权
    使用虚拟通道分配管理卫星固定波束上行链路

    公开(公告)号:US06993288B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-01-31

    申请号:US10197146

    申请日:2002-07-17

    IPC分类号: H04B7/185

    CPC分类号: H04B7/2041

    摘要: A method of coordinating communications between ground stations and fixed beam satellites is provided, wherein each beam of a satellite antenna is assigned a color to create a color pattern that matches a frequency reuse pattern for the antenna, thereby using the same frequencies in a different beam with the same color. In operation, a ground station requests a virtual channel number from a resource manager, which sends a virtual channel number that is not used by another ground station within a beam diameter of the requesting ground station. The ground station then determines the position of the satellite, the beam and beam color, and further computes the frequency, polarization, and time slot, among other information, to communicate with the satellite. A method is also provided for managing virtual channels that comprises a network manager that groups ground stations and limits the number of virtual channels per group.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种协调地面站和固定波束卫星之间的通信的方法,其中为卫星天线的每个波束分配颜色以产生与天线的频率复用模式匹配的颜色模式,从而在不同的波束中使用相同的频率 颜色相同。 在操作中,地面站从资源管理器请求虚拟信道号,该资源管理器发送在请求地面站的波束直径内的另一个地面站不使用的虚拟信道号。 然后,地面站确定卫星的位置,波束和波束的颜色,并进一步计算频率,极化和时隙等信息与卫星通信。 还提供了一种用于管理虚拟频道的方法,该虚拟频道包括分组地面站并限制每组的虚拟频道数量的网络管理器。

    System and method for providing voice and data communications between a mobile platform and a base station
    28.
    发明申请
    System and method for providing voice and data communications between a mobile platform and a base station 有权
    用于在移动平台和基站之间提供语音和数据通信的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20050255845A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-11-17

    申请号:US10847131

    申请日:2004-05-17

    IPC分类号: H04B7/185 H04Q7/20

    CPC分类号: H04B7/18508

    摘要: A communications system and method for providing a cellular communications link between a user traveling on a mobile platform (or at a remote location) and a terrestrial based segment. The system and method uses a radio access segment located on board the mobile platform (or at the remote location) to interface with the user's personal communications device. The bearer terminal facilitates the transmission of information to and from the radio access segment, via an off-platform system, to the terrestrial segment. The terrestrial segment manages the communications link between one or more cellular service providers who are accessing the terrestrial segment and the mobile platform (or a remote site). The system does not limit access to the terrestrial segment to only one cellular service provider but instead allows virtually any number of cellular service providers to access the terrestrial segment and to participate in providing a cellular link to the mobile platform (or a remote site).

    摘要翻译: 一种用于在移动平台(或远程位置)上行进的用户与基于陆地的段之间提供蜂窝通信链路的通信系统和方法。 系统和方法使用位于移动平台(或远程位置)上的无线电接入段与用户的个人通信设备进行接口。 承载终端便于将信息从无线电接入段经由离线系统传输到地面段。 地面部分管理正在接入地面部分的一个或多个蜂窝服务提供商和移动平台(或远程站点)之间的通信链路。 该系统不仅限于仅将一个蜂窝业务提供商接入地面部分,而是允许几乎任何数量的蜂窝服务提供商接入地面部分并参与向移动平台(或远程站点)提供蜂窝链路。

    Airborne fiber optic decoy architecture
    29.
    发明授权
    Airborne fiber optic decoy architecture 失效
    机载光纤诱骗架构

    公开(公告)号:US5260820A

    公开(公告)日:1993-11-09

    申请号:US808439

    申请日:1991-12-16

    摘要: One or more decoys (22) are towed by an aircraft (18) to confuse hostile radar. The tow lines (20) to the decoys (22) include fiber optic components which optically transmit to the decoys (22) both radio frequency signals for retransmission to hostile radar (24), and direct current power. The fiber optic components absorb strain forces imposed by towing the decoys (22). Multiple decoys (22) are deployed at varying distances from the aircraft (18) to increase the overall range of frequencies covered by the system, simulate a plurality of false targets, or accomplish angle gate deception. The deception may be accomplished by transmitting signals from the decoys in sequence and can be enhanced by dynamically varying the power levels of the decoy transmitting antennas. The fiber optic components may be separate optical fibers deployed separately or joined together for simultaneous deployment. The preferred configuration is a single optical fiber with coaxial inner and outer cores. The decoy preferably has a transmitting antenna in the form of a simulated biconical dipole. In one embodiment, both halves of the dipole are simulated by a set of fins. In another embodiment, the forward half is simulated by a truncated cone.

    摘要翻译: 一个或多个诱饵(22)被飞机(18)拖曳以混淆敌对雷达。 到诱饵(22)的牵引线(20)包括光传输到诱饵(22)的光纤部件,两个射频信号用于重发到敌对雷达(24)和直流电力。 光纤元件吸收由诱饵(22)施加的应变力。 多个诱饵(22)部署在与飞机(18)不同的距离处,以增加系统覆盖的频率的总体范围,模拟多个假目标,或完成角门欺骗。 可以通过依次从诱饵传送信号来实现欺骗,并且可以通过动态地改变诱饵发射天线的功率电平来增强欺骗。 光纤组件可以是单独部署的或连接在一起以用于同时部署的单独光纤。 优选的配置是具有同心的内核和外核的单个光纤。 诱饵优选具有模拟双锥偶极子形式的发射天线。 在一个实施例中,偶极子的两半由一组翅片模拟。 在另一个实施例中,前半部分由截头锥体模拟。

    Temperature stabilization of laser diodes and light emitting diodes
    30.
    发明授权
    Temperature stabilization of laser diodes and light emitting diodes 失效
    激光二极管和发光二极管的温度稳定

    公开(公告)号:US5013971A

    公开(公告)日:1991-05-07

    申请号:US360491

    申请日:1989-07-21

    IPC分类号: H01S5/06 H01S5/068 H05B33/08

    摘要: The optical power emitted from a light energy producing diode is stabilized over temperature using a simple bias circuit consisting of a voltage source with a series resistance or a current source with a shunt resistance. The bias circuit resistance is equal to the slope of the bias line formed by the constant optical power bias points of the diode plotted on a voltage versus current graph. The voltage source or current source value in the bias circuit is equal to the zero current or zero voltage intercept value, respectively.

    摘要翻译: 使用由具有串联电阻的电压源或具有分流电阻的电流源组成的简单偏置电路,由光能产生二极管发射的光功率在温度下稳定。 偏置电路电阻等于由二极管的恒定光功率偏置点形成的偏置线的斜率,绘制在电压对电流图上。 偏置电路中的电压源或电流源值分别等于零电流或零电压截距值。