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H04B 7/185 - Stations spatiales ou aériennes 4
H04W 16/26 - Amplificateurs de cellules, p.ex. pour tunnels ou effet d'écran créé par des immeubles 3
H04W 16/28 - Structures des cellules utilisant l'orientation du faisceau 3
H04W 16/32 - Structures hiérarchisées des cellules 3
H04W 84/06 - Réseaux aériens ou satellitaires 3
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1.

AVATAR DISPLAY DEVICE, AVATAR GENERATION DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

      
Numéro de document 03229535
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2021-12-23
Date de disponibilité au public 2023-06-29
Propriétaire SOFTBANK CORP. (Japon)
Inventeur(s)
  • Agura, Katsuhide
  • Sakaguchi, Takuya
  • Oka, Nobuyuki
  • Fukuizumi, Takeshi

Abrégé

An avatar display device (20) includes: an obtaining part (210) that obtains captured image data of a person; a second obtaining part (211) that obtains, from the captured image data, depth data or image data of the person; a generating part (212) that composes a 3D model in accordance with the depth data or image data to generate an avatar; and a display part (213) that displays, in an image display area (31) of an information communication device (30), the avatar that is caused to follow a motion of the person.

Classes IPC  ?

  • G06T 13/40 - Animation tridimensionnelle [3D] de personnages, p.ex. d’êtres humains, d’animaux ou d’êtres virtuels

2.

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROLLER, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

      
Numéro de document 03232455
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2022-09-09
Date de disponibilité au public 2023-03-23
Propriétaire SOFTBANK CORP. (Japon)
Inventeur(s) Matsushima, Satoru

Abrégé

Provided is a communication system comprising: a controller; and an SR gateway that converts a packet in compliance with SRv6, which has been received from an IP network, into a packet in compliance with GTP-U. The controller has a generation unit that generates an SR policy which includes, in a BSID, information that indicates a conversion function for converting from SRv6 into GTP-U and an SID that is for a UE, and which includes, at an EP of NLRI, an SID of VRF corresponding to a gNB accommodating the UE, and a notification unit that notifies the SR gateway of the SR policy. The SR gateway has an SR policy storage unit that stores the SR policy received from the controller and a packet transfer unit that, when a packet including the SID for the UE has been received, identifies an SID of VRF corresponding to the SID for the UE on the basis of the SR policy and transfers the packet.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H04W 88/16 - Dispositions de passerelles
  • H04W 4/18 - Conversion de format ou de contenu d'informations, p.ex. adaptation, par le réseau, des informations reçues ou transmises pour une distribution sans fil aux utilisateurs ou aux terminaux
  • H04W 76/12 - Gestion de la connexion Établissement de la connexion Établissement de tunnels de transport
  • H04L 45/02 - Mise à jour ou découverte de topologie
  • H04L 45/64 - Routage ou recherche de routes de paquets dans les réseaux de commutation de données à l'aide d'une couche de routage superposée
  • H04L 12/66 - Dispositions pour la connexion entre des réseaux ayant différents types de systèmes de commutation, p.ex. passerelles

3.

ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND PROGRAM

      
Numéro de document 03229530
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2021-08-30
Date de disponibilité au public 2023-03-09
Propriétaire SOFTBANK CORP. (Japon)
Inventeur(s)
  • Agura, Katsuhide
  • Sakaguchi, Takuya
  • Oka, Nobuyuki
  • Fukuizumi, Takeshi

Abrégé

An electronic device (1) may include: an acquisition section (3) configured to acquire captured image data of a hand of an operator; a presumption section (8) configured to presume, in accordance with the captured image data, skeleton data corresponding to the hand; and a determination section (9) configured to determine, in accordance with the skeleton data, a cursor position for operating the electronic device (1).

Classes IPC  ?

  • G06F 3/01 - Dispositions d'entrée ou dispositions d'entrée et de sortie combinées pour l'interaction entre l'utilisateur et le calculateur
  • G06F 3/0346 - Dispositifs de pointage déplacés ou positionnés par l'utilisateur; Leurs accessoires avec détection de l’orientation ou du mouvement libre du dispositif dans un espace en trois dimensions [3D], p.ex. souris 3D, dispositifs de pointage à six degrés de liberté [6-DOF] utilisant des capteurs gyroscopiques, accéléromètres ou d’inclinaiso
  • G06F 3/0481 - Techniques d’interaction fondées sur les interfaces utilisateur graphiques [GUI] fondées sur des propriétés spécifiques de l’objet d’interaction affiché ou sur un environnement basé sur les métaphores, p.ex. interaction avec des éléments du bureau telles les fenêtres ou les icônes, ou avec l’aide d’un curseur changeant de comport
  • G06F 3/038 - Dispositions de commande et d'interface à cet effet, p.ex. circuits d'attaque ou circuits de contrôle incorporés dans le dispositif

4.

IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, FLIGHT VEHICLE, AND PROGRAM

      
Numéro de document 03091897
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2019-01-30
Date de disponibilité au public 2019-08-29
Date d'octroi 2021-03-09
Propriétaire SOFTBANK CORP. (Japon)
Inventeur(s) Tajika, Akihiko

Abrégé

Provided is an image processing device that is equipped with: an image acquisition unit that acquires a first image that includes, as a subject, a first region, an image of which has been picked up by means of a first camera that picks up, from a first altitude, an image in direction at a lower altitude than the first altitude, and a second image that includes, as a subject, a first region, an image of which has been picked up by means of a second camera that picks up, from a second altitude, an image in direction at a lower altitude than the second altitude; and a flying object detection unit that detects, on the basis of a difference between the first region in the first image, and the first region in the second image, a flying object at an altitude lower than the first altitude and the second altitude.

Classes IPC  ?

  • G06T 7/593 - Récupération de la profondeur ou de la forme à partir de plusieurs images à partir d’images stéréo
  • B64D 47/08 - Aménagements des caméras
  • F41H 11/02 - Installations ou systèmes de défense anti-aérienne ou antimissiles
  • G08B 25/00 - Systèmes d'alarme dans lesquels l'emplacement du lieu où existe la condition déclenchant l'alarme est signalé à une station centrale, p.ex. systèmes télégraphiques d'incendie ou de police
  • H04N 7/18 - Systèmes de télévision en circuit fermé [CCTV], c. à d. systèmes dans lesquels le signal vidéo n'est pas diffusé

5.

HAPS COOPERATIVE FLIGHT SYSTEM

      
Numéro de document 03090214
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2019-01-22
Date de disponibilité au public 2019-08-15
Date d'octroi 2021-10-05
Propriétaire SOFTBANK CORP. (Japon)
Inventeur(s)
  • Fujii, Takafumi
  • Ota, Yoshichika
  • Hoshino, Kenji

Abrégé

Provided are a system and a method for suppressing degradation of communication quality due to frequent handovers at cell boundaries of a plurality of cells which are formed by a plurality of wireless relay devices capable of moving in the sky. In this system, each of the plurality of wireless relay devices that communicate with a terminal device is provided with a wireless relay station which flies in the sky, is movably disposed, forms a cell directed toward the ground or toward the sea, and wirelessly communicates with a terminal device located in the cell. The plurality of wireless relay devices fly while coordinating with each other to maintain a position relationship therebetween, by either autonomous control or external control.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H04W 24/04 - Configurations pour maintenir l'état de fonctionnement
  • H04W 16/26 - Amplificateurs de cellules, p.ex. pour tunnels ou effet d'écran créé par des immeubles
  • H04W 84/00 - Topologies de réseau
  • B64D 47/02 - Aménagements ou adaptations des dispositifs de signalisation ou d'éclairage
  • H04B 7/185 - Stations spatiales ou aériennes

6.

MONITORING OF RADIO RELAY APPARATUS USING FEEDER LINK

      
Numéro de document 03089948
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2019-01-22
Date de disponibilité au public 2019-08-08
Date d'octroi 2022-03-15
Propriétaire SOFTBANK CORP. (Japon)
Inventeur(s)
  • Matsuura, Kazuki
  • Ota, Yoshichika

Abrégé

A radio relay apparatus whose status can be monitored while realizing a three- dimensional network, without providing a dedicated line. The radio relay apparatus can fly and move in an upper airspace, and comprises a first antenna for transmitting and receiving a radio signal of a feeder link to and from a gateway station on a communication network side provided on the ground or at sea, a second antenna for transmitting and receiving a radio signal of a service link to and from a terminal apparatus, a relay processing section provided between the first and second antennas for relaying the radio signal of the feeder link and the radio signal of the service link, an information acquisition section for acquiring monitoring information on the status of the radio relay apparatus, and an information communication section for transmitting the monitoring information to the gateway station via the feeder link.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H04B 7/185 - Stations spatiales ou aériennes
  • H04W 16/26 - Amplificateurs de cellules, p.ex. pour tunnels ou effet d'écran créé par des immeubles
  • H04W 24/08 - Réalisation de tests en trafic réel
  • H04W 84/06 - Réseaux aériens ou satellitaires

7.

DOPPLER-SHIFT CORRECTION IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORK

      
Numéro de document 03087618
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2018-12-21
Date de disponibilité au public 2019-07-11
Date d'octroi 2022-02-22
Propriétaire SOFTBANK CORP. (Japon)
Inventeur(s)
  • Konishi, Mitsukuni
  • Nagate, Atsushi
  • Ota, Yoshichika
  • Hoshino, Kenji

Abrégé

In a mobile communication system using a mobile-type radio relay apparatus that forms a plurality of cells toward the ground or the sea while moving in an upper airspace, a deterioration in communication quality, which is caused by a Doppler shift of a reception signal due to a relative movement of a radio relay apparatus with respect to a terminal apparatus of each of a plurality of cells or a feeder station on the ground or on the sea, is suppressed. The communication system comprises a mobile-type radio relay apparatus that is disposed movably by flying in an upper airspace, forms a plurality of cells from an antenna at a predetermined altitude toward the ground or the sea, and perfoims a radio communication with a terminal apparatus located in each of the plurality of cells. The communication system comprises an estimation section for estimating a Doppler shift in at least one of a radio communication of a service link between the terminal apparatus located in the cell and the radio relay apparatus and a radio communication of a feeder link between the radio relay apparatus and a feeder station on the ground or on the sea, and a correction section for correcting a frequency of the at least one radio communication based on an estimation result of the Doppler shift.

Classes IPC  ?

8.

INTER-SITE TRANSMISSION/PROPAGATION DELAY CORRECTION WHEN APPLYING SITE DIVERSITY IN HAPS FEEDER LINK

      
Numéro de document 03087620
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2018-12-21
Date de disponibilité au public 2019-07-11
Date d'octroi 2021-06-22
Propriétaire SOFTBANK CORP. (Japon)
Inventeur(s) Hoshino, Kenji

Abrégé

86781488 ABSTRACT A communication system, in which a sufficient reception power can be obtained without being affected by attenuation such as rainfall in each of a radio relay apparatus and a gateway station, is provided. The communication system performs a communication via a radio relay apparatus located in an upper airspace. A plurality of gateway stations for forming feeder-link radio sections between the own gateway stations and the radio relay apparatus are disposed at a plurality of locations geographically separated from each other on the ground or on the sea. The plurality of gateway stations perform simultaneous transmissions/receptions of signals via the plurality of feeder links or transmissions/receptions of signals accompanied by a switching of the feeder links, with the radio relay apparatus. Date Recue/Date Received 2021-01-14

Classes IPC  ?

  • H04W 84/06 - Réseaux aériens ou satellitaires
  • H04W 16/28 - Structures des cellules utilisant l'orientation du faisceau
  • H04W 16/32 - Structures hiérarchisées des cellules
  • H04W 56/00 - Dispositions de synchronisation
  • H04W 88/16 - Dispositions de passerelles
  • H04B 7/024 - Utilisation coopérative d’antennes sur plusieurs sites, p.ex. dans les systèmes à plusieurs points coordonnés ou dans les systèmes coopératifs à "plusieurs entrées plusieurs sorties" [MIMO]
  • H04B 7/15 - Systèmes relais actifs

9.

BEAMFORMING CALIBRATION

      
Numéro de document 03087814
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2018-11-05
Date de disponibilité au public 2019-05-16
Date d'octroi 2023-06-13
Propriétaire SOFTBANK CORP. (Japon)
Inventeur(s)
  • Ananth, Sharath
  • Stang, Pascal

Abrégé

Aspects of the disclosure relate to transmitter and receiver channel calibration. For instance, a method for transmitter channel calibration may include generating a plurality of calibration signals corresponding to a plurality of transmitter channels, respectively, of a transmitter module. The plurality of calibration signals may be propagated through at least portions of the plurality of transmitter channels, respectively. At least two signal characteristics of at least two of the propagated plurality of calibration signals may be compared. At least one adjustment in gain, phase, or timing for at least one of the plurality of transmitter channels may be identified based on a result of the comparing. Based on the identified adjustment, a data signal may be transmitted via the at least one of the plurality of transmitter channels is adjusted.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H04B 17/11 - Surveillance; Tests d’émetteurs pour l’étalonnage
  • H04B 17/21 - Surveillance; Tests de récepteurs pour la correction des mesures
  • H04B 7/06 - Systèmes de diversité; Systèmes à plusieurs antennes, c. à d. émission ou réception utilisant plusieurs antennes utilisant plusieurs antennes indépendantes espacées à la station d'émission
  • H04L 25/02 - Systèmes à bande de base - Détails

10.

THREE-DIMENSIONALIZATION OF FIFTH GENERATION COMMUNICATION

      
Numéro de document 03057281
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2018-03-17
Date de disponibilité au public 2018-09-27
Date d'octroi 2020-11-17
Propriétaire SOFTBANK CORP. (Japon)
Inventeur(s)
  • Miyakawa, Junichi
  • Kimura, Kiyoshi

Abrégé

Provided is a communication system which is capable of achieving a three-dimensionalized network for fifth generation mobile communication having low wireless communication propagation delay. This communication system is provided with a wireless relay station which relays wireless communication to a terminal device. The wireless relay station is provided to a floating body which is controlled autonomously or from an external unit so as to be positioned in a floating airspace having an altitude of 100 [km] or lower. When the floating body is positioned in said floating airspace, the wireless relay station forms a three-dimensional cell in a prescribed cell-forming target airspace with respect the surface of the ground or the surface of the sea.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H04W 16/26 - Amplificateurs de cellules, p.ex. pour tunnels ou effet d'écran créé par des immeubles
  • H04W 16/28 - Structures des cellules utilisant l'orientation du faisceau
  • H04W 84/06 - Réseaux aériens ou satellitaires
  • H04B 7/06 - Systèmes de diversité; Systèmes à plusieurs antennes, c. à d. émission ou réception utilisant plusieurs antennes utilisant plusieurs antennes indépendantes espacées à la station d'émission
  • H04B 7/185 - Stations spatiales ou aériennes

11.

BASE STATION, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND HANDOVER CONTROL METHOD

      
Numéro de document 03020665
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2017-03-03
Date de disponibilité au public 2017-10-19
Date d'octroi 2021-08-24
Propriétaire SOFTBANK CORP. (Japon)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kanazawa, Noboru
  • Ogata, Daigo
  • Nagate, Atsushi
  • Fujii, Teruya

Abrégé

Provided are a base station, a mobile communication system, and a handover control method that make it possible to prevent handover failure or a ping-pong handover phenomenon caused by interference from neighboring cells with respect to a serving cell. If a received power difference (S2 - S1) between received power S2 from a neighboring second base station that is fed back from a mobile station and received power S1 from a first base station to which the mobile station is connected is greater than a predetermined threshold, the first base station requests the second base station to terminate transmission of a downlink signal including a data signal and/or a control signal. In response to the request to terminate transmission, the second base station determines a wireless resource for which transmission of the downlink signal is to be terminated and notifies the first base station, and terminates the transmission of the downlink signal. The first base station allocates, as a wireless resource to be used for a downlink signal with respect to the mobile station, a wireless resource notified from the second base station or a wireless resource including a part thereof.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H04W 36/30 - La resélection étant déclenchée par des paramètres spécifiques par des données de mesure ou d’estimation de la qualité des liaisons
  • H04W 36/08 - Resélection d'un point d'accès
  • H04W 36/38 - Contrôle de resélection par un équipement fixe du réseau mobile
  • H04W 92/20 - Interfaces entre des dispositifs hiérarchiquement similaires entre des points d'accès

12.

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND SMALL-CELL BASE STATION

      
Numéro de document 03015870
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2017-01-30
Date de disponibilité au public 2017-09-08
Date d'octroi 2021-06-15
Propriétaire SOFTBANK CORP. (Japon)
Inventeur(s)
  • Shiobara, Shota
  • Okamawari, Takao
  • Fujii, Teruya

Abrégé

The present invention allows a difference between times at which downlink signals synchronously transmitted from a macro cell base station and a small cell base station, respectively, arrive at a communication terminal device to fall within a permissible range without being affected by a transmission delay in transmission cables or a propagation delay in wireless transmission paths of the base stations. A small cell base station is provided with a wireless transmission/reception unit that is connected to an antenna, a wireless communication control unit, a transmission cable that connects the wireless transmission/reception unit and the wireless communication control unit, and a downlink signal reception unit that receives downlink signals transmitted from the macro cell base station and the small cell base station, respectively. The small cell base station measures a reception timing difference between the downlink signals transmitted from the macro cell base station and the small cell base station itself, respectively, on the basis of the reception result of the downlink signals, adjusts the transmission timing of the downlink signal from the station itself on the basis of the reception timing difference, and transmits the downlink signal at the adjusted transmission timing.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H04W 56/00 - Dispositions de synchronisation
  • H04W 16/28 - Structures des cellules utilisant l'orientation du faisceau
  • H04W 16/32 - Structures hiérarchisées des cellules
  • H04W 28/16 - Gestion centrale des ressources; Négociation de ressources ou de paramètres de communication, p.ex. négociation de la bande passante ou de la qualité de service [QoS Quality of Service]

13.

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD

      
Numéro de document 03015317
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2017-01-26
Date de disponibilité au public 2017-08-31
Date d'octroi 2020-10-27
Propriétaire SOFTBANK CORP. (Japon)
Inventeur(s)
  • Shiobara, Shota
  • Okamawari, Takao
  • Fujii, Teruya

Abrégé

A communication system, a base station and a communication control method are provided, which are capable of cooperatively transmitting data from a plurality of base stations to a plurality of communication terminals using a same radio resource. A first base station acquires a value of an interference suppression parameter that is applied to a transmission signal from the first base station so as to suppress interference from a second base station in a first communication terminal, when the first communication terminal locates in a cell border area. The second base station duplicates a desired data for a second communication terminal located in a cell of the second base station, and transmits the duplicated desired data to the first base station. The first base station generates a transmission signal based on the value of the interference suppression parameter, the desired data for the first communication terminal, the desired data for the second communication terminal received from the second base station and a control information on data cooperative transmission, and the second base station generates a transmission signal of the desired data for the second communication terminal. Each of the base stations cooperatively transmits the transmission signal at a predetermined data cooperative transmission timing.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H04W 28/16 - Gestion centrale des ressources; Négociation de ressources ou de paramètres de communication, p.ex. négociation de la bande passante ou de la qualité de service [QoS Quality of Service]
  • H04W 24/02 - Dispositions pour optimiser l'état de fonctionnement
  • H04W 28/18 - Négociation des paramètres de télécommunication sans fil

14.

MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL METHOD

      
Numéro de document 02966318
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2014-11-07
Date de disponibilité au public 2016-05-12
Date d'octroi 2020-03-24
Propriétaire SOFTBANK CORP. (Japon)
Inventeur(s) Fujii, Teruya

Abrégé

Mobile communication systems and radio resource control methods are provided, by which interference between two or more base stations can be suppressed and an inter-cell adjusting control of radio resources for each of the two or more base stations can be simplified in a mobile communication system including two or more base stations, at least a part of each cell of the base stations being mutually overlapped. Two or more cell layers are configured by grouping the two or more base station. An inter-cell adjusting control of radio resources (for example, at least one of a synchmnization control of time slots and an allocation control of time slots) between the two or more cell layers is performed. An inter-cell adjusting control of radio resources between two or more base stations included in the cell layer (for example, at least one of a synchronization control of time slots and an allocation control of time slots) for each of the cell layers is also performed.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H04W 16/04 - Répartition des ressources adaptable au trafic
  • H04W 16/32 - Structures hiérarchisées des cellules

15.

DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING WIDTH OF BEAM BASED ON ALTITUDE

      
Numéro de document 02911509
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2014-04-23
Date de disponibilité au public 2014-11-13
Date d'octroi 2018-06-12
Propriétaire SOFTBANK CORP. (Japon)
Inventeur(s)
  • Behroozi, Cyrus
  • Teller, Eric
  • Devaul, Richard Wayne

Abrégé

An antenna includes a radiator and a reflector and has a radiation pattern that is based at least in part on a separation distance between the radiator and the reflector. The antenna includes a linkage configured to adjust the separation distance based at least in part on the altitude of the antenna. The resulting radiation pattern can be dynamically adjusted based on altitude of the antenna such that, while the antenna is aloft and the antenna is ground-facing, variations in geographic boundaries and intensity of the radiation received at ground level are at least partially compensated for by the dynamic adjustments to the radiation pattern.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H01Q 15/23 - Combinaisons de surfaces réfléchissantes avec des dispositifs de réfraction ou de diffraction
  • H01Q 19/00 - Combinaisons d'éléments actifs primaires d'antennes avec des dispositifs secondaires, p.ex. avec des dispositifs quasi optiques, pour donner à une antenne une caractéristique directionnelle désirée

16.

LOCATION-AWARE "GHOST" PROFILES IN A BALLOON NETWORK

      
Numéro de document 02874747
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2013-05-29
Date de disponibilité au public 2013-12-05
Date d'octroi 2018-07-17
Propriétaire SOFTBANK CORP. (Japon)
Inventeur(s)
  • Teller, Eric
  • Devaul, Richard Wayne
  • Biffle, Clifford L.
  • Weaver, Josh

Abrégé

Disclosed embodiments may help a balloon network to provide substantially continuous service in a given geographic area. An example method may be carried out at a balloon that is at a location associated with the first geographic area in a balloon network that includes a plurality of geographic areas. The balloon may determine that it should update its balloon-state in accordance with a balloon-state profile for the first geographic area. Then, in response, the balloon may determine the balloon-state profile for the first geographic area, which may include one or more state parameters for balloons operating in the first geographic area. The balloon may then operate according to the balloon-state profile for the first geographic area.

Classes IPC  ?

17.

USING PREDICTED MOVEMENT TO MAINTAIN OPTICAL-COMMUNICATION LOCK WITH NEARBY BALLOON

      
Numéro de document 02859400
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2013-01-07
Date de disponibilité au public 2013-07-18
Date d'octroi 2017-03-14
Propriétaire SOFTBANK CORP. (Japon)
Inventeur(s)
  • Devaul, Richard Wayne
  • Teller, Eric
  • Biffle, Clifford L.
  • Weaver, Josh

Abrégé

A balloon may include an optical-communication component, which may have a pointing axis. A pointing mechanism could be configured to adjust the pointing axis. The optical-communication component could be operable to communicate with a correspondent balloon via a free-space optical link. For example, the optical-communication component could include an optical receiver, transmitter, or transceiver. A controller could be configured to determine a predicted relative location of the correspondent balloon. The controller may control the pointing mechanism to adjust the pointing axis of the optical- communication component based on the predicted relative location so as to maintain the free-space optical link with the correspondent balloon.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H04B 10/11 - Dispositions spécifiques à la transmission en espace libre, c. à d. dans l’air ou le vide
  • H04B 10/40 - Systèmes de transmission utilisant des ondes électromagnétiques autres que les ondes hertziennes, p.ex. les infrarouges, la lumière visible ou ultraviolette, ou utilisant des radiations corpusculaires, p.ex. les communications quantiques Émetteurs-récepteurs

18.

BALLOON NETWORK WITH FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SUPER-NODE BALLOONS AND RF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SUPER-NODE AND SUB-NODE BALLOONS

      
Numéro de document 02860728
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2013-01-08
Date de disponibilité au public 2013-07-18
Date d'octroi 2017-04-04
Propriétaire SOFTBANK CORP. (Japon)
Inventeur(s)
  • Devaul, Richard Wayne
  • Teller, Eric
  • Biffle, Clifford L.
  • Weaver, Josh

Abrégé

Exemplary embodiments may involve hierarchical balloon networks that include both optical and radio frequency links between balloons. An exemplary network system may include: (a) a plurality of super-node balloons, where each super-node balloon comprises a free-space optical communication system for data communications with one or more other super-node balloons and (b) a plurality of sub-node balloons, where each of the sub-node balloons comprises a radio-frequency communication system that is operable for data communications. Further, at least one super-node balloon may further include an RF communication system that is operable to transmit data to at least one sub-node balloon, where the RF communication system of the at least one sub-node balloon is further operable to receive the data transmitted by the at least one super-node balloon and to transmit the received data to at least one ground-based station.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H04B 10/11 - Dispositions spécifiques à la transmission en espace libre, c. à d. dans l’air ou le vide
  • H04B 10/27 - Dispositions pour la mise en réseau
  • H04B 10/40 - Systèmes de transmission utilisant des ondes électromagnétiques autres que les ondes hertziennes, p.ex. les infrarouges, la lumière visible ou ultraviolette, ou utilisant des radiations corpusculaires, p.ex. les communications quantiques Émetteurs-récepteurs