US 12,224,846 B2
Air to ground wireless repeater/relay system
Jun Liu, Sammamish, WA (US); and Egil Arnfinn Gronstad, Bellevue, WA (US)
Assigned to T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed by T-Mobile Innovations LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/673,151.
Prior Publication US 2023/0261734 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H01Q 3/02 (2006.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04W 84/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04B 7/18504 (2013.01) [H04W 16/28 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling, via a telecommunications network, air to ground network coverage in an underserved area, the method comprising:
receiving, by a control system communicatively coupled to relay circuitry, antenna circuitry, and a ground site, signal data corresponding to a radio signal, the relay circuitry structured to convert the radio signal into a subsequent signal;
determining one or more airline schedules and one or more flight statuses associated with an underserved area;
based on the one or more airline schedules and the one or more flight statuses determined, determining an aerial vehicle location as an aerial vehicle navigates to the underserved area; and
generating a command to activate transmission of air to ground network coverage based on the subsequent signal to the underserved area when the aerial vehicle location is in the underserved area.