Patents Assigned to AirCell Incorporated
  • Patent number: 6108539
    Abstract: The non-terrestrial cellular mobile telecommunication station uses a number of non-interference techniques to extend the usage of existing cellular mobile telecommunication radio frequencies allocated for ground-based communications to the non-terrestrial realm. For example, the polarization of the signals produced by the antenna elements of the non-terrestrial cellular mobile telecommunication station is different than and preferably substantially orthogonal to the polarization of the cellular radio signals produced by the ground-based antennas to thereby minimize the possibility of interference with the ground-based radio signals. Furthermore, the control signals exchanged between the non-terrestrial mobile subscriber stations and the non-terrestrial cell site controller are architected to avoid the possibility of interference with ground-based cell site transmitter-receiver pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: AirCell, Incorporated
    Inventors: J. C. Ray, Robert L. George, Daniel B. McKenna
  • Patent number: 5884166
    Abstract: The multidimensional cellular mobile telecommunication system extends the usage of existing cellular mobile telecommunication radio frequencies allocated for ground-based communications to non-terrestrial mobile subscriber stations by adding an overlay of non-terrestrial cells of predetermined geometry and locus in space to the existing ground-based cellular cell site network. The polarization of the signals produced by the non-terrestrial antenna elements is a polarization that is different than and preferably substantially orthogonal to the polarization of the cellular radio signals produced by the ground-based antennas, such as a horizontal polarization, to thereby minimize the possibility of interference with the vertically polarized ground-based radio signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Aircell, Incorporated
    Inventors: J. C. Ray, Robert L. George, Geoffrey A. Hoppe, Stephen S. Jones, Daniel B. McKenna
  • Patent number: 5878346
    Abstract: The multidimensional cellular mobile telecommunication system extends the usage of existing cellular mobile telecommunication radio frequencies allocated for ground-based communications to non-terrestrial mobile subscriber stations by adding an overlay of non-terrestrial cells of predetermined geometry and locus in space to the existing ground-based cellular cell site network. The polarization of the signals produced by the non-terrestrial antenna elements is a polarization that is different than and preferably substantially orthogonal to the polarization of the cellular radio signals produced by the ground-based antennas, such as a horizontal polarization, to thereby minimize the possibility of interference with the vertically polarized ground-based radio signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Aircell Incorporated
    Inventors: J. C. Ray, Robert L. George, Geoffrey A. Hoppe, Stephen S. Jones, Daniel B. McKenna
  • Patent number: 5878345
    Abstract: The multidimensional cellular mobile telecommunication system extends the usage of existing cellular mobile telecommunication radio frequencies allocated for ground-based communications to non-terrestrial mobile subscriber stations by adding an overlay of non-terrestrial cells of predetermined geometry and locus in space to the existing ground-based cellular cell site network. The polarization of the signals produced by the non-terrestrial antenna elements is a polarization that is different than and preferably substantially orthogonal to the polarization of the cellular radio signals produced by the ground-based antennas, such as a horizontal polarization, to thereby minimize the possibility of interference with the vertically polarized ground-based radio signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Aircell, Incorporated
    Inventors: J. C. Ray, Robert L. George, Daniel B. McKenna
  • Patent number: 5832380
    Abstract: The multidimensional cellular mobile telecommunication system extends the usage of existing cellular mobile telecommunication radio frequencies allocated for ground-based communications to non-terrestrial mobile subscriber stations by adding an overlay of non-terrestrial cells of predetermined geometry and locus in space to the existing ground-based cellular cell site network. The polarization of the signals produced by the non-terrestrial antenna elements is a polarization that is different than and preferably substantially orthogonal to the polarization of the cellular radio signals produced by the ground-based antennas, such as a horizontal polarization, to thereby minimize the possibility of interference with the vertically polarized ground-based radio signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: AirCell Incorporated
    Inventors: J. C. Ray, Robert L. George, Stephen S. Jones