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公开(公告)号:US11968022B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-23
申请号:US14462167
申请日:2014-08-18
Applicant: SUNLIGHT AEROSPACE INC.
Inventor: Sergey V. Frolov , Michael Cyrus , Allan J. Bruce , John Peter Moussouris
CPC classification number: H04B7/18504 , H04W16/28
Abstract: Embodiments of methods and apparatus for providing distributed airborne wireless communications are provided herein. In some embodiments, an airborne wireless service area includes: an airborne fleet, comprised of a plurality of aircraft, wherein the airborne fleet is configured to transmit a plurality of first beams at a first radio frequency (RF), wherein the plurality of first beams are characterized by corresponding first frequency band, channel, bandwidth, transmission format, uneven angular field intensity distribution, and boundaries, wherein neighboring first beams have an overlap region, and wherein at least one of the following characteristics is different between the neighboring first beams: frequency band, channel, or transmission format; and a plurality of first communication cells defined by respective boundaries of the plurality of first beams, wherein each of the first communication cells are characterized by their size, shape, and position.
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公开(公告)号:US11034443B2
公开(公告)日:2021-06-15
申请号:US16052938
申请日:2018-08-02
Applicant: SUNLIGHT AEROSPACE INC.
Inventor: Sergey V. Frolov , Michael Cyrus , John Peter Moussouris
Abstract: An aircraft for vertical take-off and landing includes an aircraft frame having an open frame portion, at least one vertical thruster, a pod, separable from the aircraft and including a cabin to contain at least one of cargo and passengers, where the pod, when mounted to the aircraft, defines at least a portion of the aircraft frame, and a mounting system including at least one attachment member configured to attach the pod to the open frame portion. Such aircraft is capable of flight with and without the pod.
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