US Patent Issued to SMARTSKY NETWORKS on Dec. 23 for "Architecture for simultaneous spectrum usage by air-to-ground and terrestrial networks" (North Carolina, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,078, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC (Morrisville, N.C.).

"Architecture for simultaneous spectrum usage by air-to-ground and terrestrial networks" was invented by Ryan M. Stone (Charlotte, N.C.) and Douglas Hyslop (Vienna, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A network for providing air-to-ground (ATG) wireless communication in various cells may include an in-flight aircraft including an antenna assembly, a plurality of ATG base stations, a plurality of terrestrial base stations. Each of the ATG base stations defines a corresponding radiation pattern, and the ATG base stations are spaced apart from each other t...