公开(公告)号：US12063101B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-13

申请号：US17203789

申请日：2021-03-17

申请人： STAR MESH LLC

发明人： Gerald R. Schloemer

IPC分类号： H04B7/15 ,  H04B7/185 ,  H04W40/12

CPC分类号： H04B7/1856 ,  H04B7/18513 ,  H04B7/18521 ,  H04B7/18526 ,  H04B7/18545 ,  H04B7/18563 ,  H04W40/12

摘要： A radio communication system for transmitting data to a ground station includes plural stochastically distributed orbiting satellites with plural antennas traversing a portion of the earth's surface divided into zones. The ground station has a unique address identifying itself and the zone where it is located. A local area network associated with the ground node includes at least one satellite that stores the identity of a satellite antenna paired with a ground station antenna to form a radio link for transmitting data onboard the satellite to the ground station. Other satellites in the local area network store the ground node address and the identity of an antenna paired with an antenna in another satellite that also has stored the ground node address. A wide area network includes at least one satellite, each of which stores the identity of an antenna paired with an antenna of another satellite that has stored the ground node zone to form at least one inter-satellite radio link. If a satellite with data onboard is not in a local area network associated with the destination ground node or a wide area network, the satellite transmits the data toward the ground node zone.

公开(公告)号：US20220408339A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-22

申请号：US17752912

申请日：2022-05-25

申请人： STAR MESH LLC

发明人： Gerald R. Schloemer

IPC分类号： H04W40/12 ,  H04B7/185 ,  H04L43/0823 ,  H04W16/28 ,  H04L43/18

摘要： A radio communication route enables communication from an originating ground station to a destination ground station via one of multiple randomly orbiting satellites with no active attitude control. The ground stations and satellites include multi-feed parabolic antennas for receiving radio signals from and transmitting radio signals in multiple directions. The satellites store an address of a destination ground station from which an initial information signal is transmitted and antenna information identifying the satellite antenna feed on which the initial information signal was received. Plural satellite antennas transmit linking information identifying the satellite to the originating ground station. Data transmissions received at the originating ground station that designate a particular destination are transmitted by the originating ground station using the antenna on which the linking information was received and the satellite retransmits the data transmission using the satellite antenna feed identified by the stored antenna information.

公开(公告)号：US20210399793A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-23

申请号：US17317310

申请日：2021-05-11

申请人： STAR MESH LLC

发明人： Gerald R. Schloemer

IPC分类号： H04B7/185 ,  H04W40/12 ,  H04W40/24

摘要： A radio communication route enables communication from an originating ground station to a destination ground station via one of multiple randomly orbiting, rotating satellites with no active attitude control. The ground stations and satellites include directional antennas for receiving radio signals from and transmitting radio signals in multiple directions. The satellites store an address of a destination ground station from which an initial information signal is transmitted and antenna information identifying the satellite antenna on which the initial information signal was received. Plural satellite antennas transmit linking information identifying the satellite to the originating ground station. Data transmissions received at the originating ground station that designate a particular destination are transmitted by the originating ground station using the antenna on which the linking information was received and the satellite retransmits the data transmission using the satellite antenna identified by the stored antenna information.

公开(公告)号：US11082909B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-03

申请号：US17000292

申请日：2020-08-22

申请人： Star Mesh LLC

发明人： Gerald R. Schloemer

IPC分类号： H04W16/28 ,  H01Q15/14 ,  H01Q1/28 ,  H04W40/12 ,  H04B7/185 ,  H04L12/26

摘要： A radio communication route enables communication from an originating ground station to a destination ground station via one of multiple randomly orbiting satellites with no active attitude control. The ground stations and satellites include multi-feed parabolic antennas for receiving radio signals from and transmitting radio signals in multiple directions. The satellites store an address of a destination ground station from which an initial information signal is transmitted and antenna information identifying the satellite antenna feed on which the initial information signal was received. Plural satellite antennas transmit linking information identifying the satellite to the originating ground station. Data transmissions received at the originating ground station that designate a particular destination are transmitted by the originating ground station using the antenna on which the linking information was received and the satellite retransmits the data transmission using the satellite antenna feed identified by the stored antenna information.

公开(公告)号：US20190229800A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-25

申请号：US16320106

申请日：2017-08-23

申请人： STAR MESH LLC

发明人： Gerald R. Schloemer

IPC分类号： H04B7/185

CPC分类号： H04B7/18513 ,  H04B7/18515 ,  H04B7/1856 ,  H04B7/18584 ,  H04B7/18593 ,  H04W40/12 ,  H04W40/246

摘要： A radio communication route enables communication from an originating ground station to a destination ground station via one of multiple randomly orbiting, rotating satellites with no active attitude control. The ground stations and satellites include directional antennas for receiving radio signals from and transmitting radio signals in multiple directions. The satellites store an address of a destination ground station from which an initial information signal is transmitted and antenna information identifying the satellite antenna on which the initial information signal was received. Plural satellite antennas transmit linking information identifying the satellite to the originating ground station. Data transmissions received at the originating ground station that designate a particular destination are transmitted by the originating ground station using the antenna on which the linking information was received and the satellite retransmits the data transmission using the satellite antenna identified by the stored antenna information.

公开(公告)号：US20190109634A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-11

申请号：US16109806

申请日：2018-08-23

申请人： Star Mesh LLC

发明人： Gerald R. Schloemer

IPC分类号： H04B7/185 ,  H04W40/24 ,  H04W40/12

摘要： A radio communication route enables communication from an originating ground station to a destination ground station via one of multiple randomly orbiting satellites with no attitude control. The ground stations and satellites include directional antennas for receiving radio signals from and transmitting radio signals in multiple directions. The satellites store an address of a destination ground station from which an initial information signal is transmitted and antenna information identifying the satellite antenna on which the initial information signal was received. Plural satellite antennas transmit linking information identifying the satellite to the originating ground station. Data transmissions received at the originating ground station that designate a particular destination are transmitted by the originating ground station using the antenna on which the linking information was received and the satellite retransmits the data transmission using the satellite antenna identified by the stored antenna information.

公开(公告)号：US12074686B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-27

申请号：US18140788

申请日：2023-04-28

申请人： STAR MESH LLC

发明人： Gerald R. Schloemer

IPC分类号： H04B7/185 ,  G01S19/06 ,  G01S19/14

CPC分类号： H04B7/18556 ,  G01S19/06 ,  G01S19/14 ,  H04B7/18519 ,  H04B7/18521 ,  H04B7/18554 ,  H04B7/18584

摘要： Radio communications systems use 100 to 200 satellites in random low-earth orbits distributed over a predetermined range of north and south latitudes. The satellites themselves create a radio route between ground stations via radio links between multiple satellites by virtue of onboard global navigation satellite system circuitry for determining the location of the satellite and route creation circuitry for calculating in real time the direction from the satellite's location at a particular instant to a destination ground station. Directional antennas in the satellites transmit routing radio signals to enhance the probability of reception by other satellites. One embodiment facilitates the creation of satellite-to-satellite links by assigning each satellite a unique identifier, storing orbital information defining the locations of all of the orbiting satellites in the system at any particular time, and including in the radio signal the unique identifier associated with the transmitting satellite.

公开(公告)号：US20240250751A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-25

申请号：US18610345

申请日：2024-03-20

申请人： STAR MESH LLC

发明人： Gerald R. Schloemer

IPC分类号： H04B7/185 ,  H04W40/12

CPC分类号： H04B7/1856 ,  H04B7/18513 ,  H04B7/18521 ,  H04B7/18526 ,  H04B7/18545 ,  H04B7/18563 ,  H04W40/12

摘要： A radio communication system for transmitting data to a ground station includes plural stochastically distributed orbiting satellites with plural antennas traversing a portion of the earth's surface divided into zones. The ground station has a unique address identifying itself and the zone where it is located. A local area network associated with the ground node includes at least one satellite that stores the identity of a satellite antenna paired with a ground station antenna to form a radio link for transmitting data onboard the satellite to the ground station. Other satellites in the local area network store the ground node address and the identity of an antenna paired with an antenna in another satellite that also has stored the ground node address. A wide area network includes at least one satellite, each of which stores the identity of an antenna paired with an antenna of another satellite that has stored the ground node zone to form at least one inter-satellite radio link. If a satellite with data onboard is not in a local area network associated with the destination ground node or a wide area network, the satellite transmits the data toward the ground node zone.

公开(公告)号：US11968023B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-23

申请号：US17539240

申请日：2021-12-01

申请人： STAR MESH LLC

发明人： Gerald R. Schloemer

IPC分类号： H04B7/185 ,  H04W16/28 ,  H04W40/02 ,  H04W84/18

CPC分类号： H04B7/18504 ,  H04B7/18513 ,  H04W16/28 ,  H04W40/02 ,  H04W84/18

摘要： Space-based systems, methods, and apparatus transmit data between terrestrial nodes using route creation and data transmission protocols that establish radio routes that transmit data over long distances between large numbers of terrestrial nodes via one or more satellites and/or other types of non-terrestrial aerial nodes. One approach uses satellites in stochastic orbits, in which some of the satellites receive and transmit signals simultaneously in different frequency bands to more readily create optimum radio routes for data transmissions between terrestrial nodes. Other approaches use route creation and data transmission protocols that increase the number of terrestrial nodes supported by the system. Still another approach uses a multi-level system in which drones and/or balloons service local areas while longer distance data transmissions are supported by one or more layers of satellites in cohorts in uncontrolled orbits at different altitudes.

公开(公告)号：US11356921B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-07

申请号：US17000292

申请日：2020-08-22

申请人： Star Mesh LLC

发明人： Gerald R. Schloemer

IPC分类号： H04W16/28 ,  H01Q15/14 ,  H01Q1/28 ,  H04W40/12 ,  H04B7/185 ,  H04L12/26 ,  H04L43/0823 ,  H04L43/18

摘要： A radio communication route enables communication from an originating ground station to a destination ground station via one of multiple randomly orbiting satellites with no active attitude control. The ground stations and satellites include multi-feed parabolic antennas for receiving radio signals from and transmitting radio signals in multiple directions. The satellites store an address of a destination ground station from which an initial information signal is transmitted and antenna information identifying the satellite antenna feed on which the initial information signal was received. Plural satellite antennas transmit linking information identifying the satellite to the originating ground station. Data transmissions received at the originating ground station that designate a particular destination are transmitted by the originating ground station using the antenna on which the linking information was received and the satellite retransmits the data transmission using the satellite antenna feed identified by the stored antenna information.