Signal translating repeater for enabling a terrestrial mobile subscriber station to be operable in a non-terrestrial environment
US6650898B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 20, 2002 |
| Grant date | Nov 18, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/181
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present signal translating repeater is located in an aircraft and provides service to mobile subscriber stations that are located in the aircraft, using the ground-based cellular communication paradigm. The present signal translating repeater converts these ground-based cellular communication signals into signals pursuant to the non-terrestrial cellular telecommunication format and transmits these signals to the non-terrestrial cell site(s) presently serving the aircraft. In this manner, the subscribers in the aircraft can use their existing ground-based mobile subscriber stations in a manner that is consistent with use in communicating with the ground-based cell sites, while the aircraft communicates with the non-terrestrial cell site(s) presently serving the aircraft in a manner that is consistent with non-terrestrial mobile subscriber stations.
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