Air to ground communication system with separate control and traffic channels

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10911105
APP PUB NO 20180019789A1
SERIAL NO

15208738

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A base station within a network for providing ATG wireless communication in various cells may include an antenna array defining a plurality of wedge shaped sectors having respective widths defined in azimuth, and a beamforming control module. The beamforming control module may be configured to communicate with the antenna array via a first RF chain to perform beamforming defining traffic channel beams having a first width, and a second RF chain to perform beamforming defining control channel beams having a second width. The second width may be greater than the first width.

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SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC430 DAVIS DRIVE SUITE 350 MORRISVILLE NC 27560

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Eskridge,, Jr Elbert Stanford Chapel Hill, US 34 243
Hayes, Gerard James Wake Forest, US 86 1971
Hyslop, Douglas Vienna, US 50 243

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