US 12,301,331 B2
Satellite mesh systems and methods for creating radio routes between moving users
Gerald R. Schloemer, Round Lake, IL (US)
Assigned to STAR MESH LLC, Princeton Junction, NJ (US)
Filed by STAR MESH LLC, Princeton Junction, NJ (US)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/539,236.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/182,341, filed on Apr. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/136,664, filed on Jan. 13, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/132,026, filed on Dec. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/120,409, filed on Dec. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/120,600, filed on Dec. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0173795 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04W 40/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04B 7/18504 (2013.01) [H04B 7/18513 (2013.01); H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04W 40/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. A method of transmitting data from an originating terrestrial node to a destination terrestrial node via a radio communication route system including a plurality of orbiting satellites, wherein:
at least one of said originating terrestrial node and said destination terrestrial node comprises a mobile terrestrial node capable of being transported from place to place by motive power applied thereto, a plurality of antennas for transmitting and receiving radio signals in multiple directions in the semi-spherical space above said mobile terrestrial node relative to the earth's surface, and circuitry for processing radio signals received on said directional antennas from said aerial nodes and selecting one of said directional antennas based on the relative qualities of the received radio signals, and
said satellites include a plurality of directional antennas for transmitting radio signals to said terrestrial nodes and receiving radio signals from said terrestrial nodes, said satellite directional antennas being capable of receiving and transmitting radio signals in the spherical space around each said satellite,
the method comprising:
receiving at the originating terrestrial node an original packet of data including an address designating the destination terrestrial node;
coding the data packet and transmitting the coded data packet from the originating terrestrial node in a first direction and a second direction different from said first direction;
decoding a coded data packet received at a first satellite to produce a first reassembled data packet;
coding the first reassembled data packet for transmission in a predetermined direction associated with the destination terrestrial node address;
decoding a coded data packet received at a second satellite to produce a second reassembled data packet;
coding the second reassembled data packet for transmission in a predetermined direction associated with the destination terrestrial node address; and
decoding multiple transmissions of reassembled data packets received by the destination terrestrial node to produce a final data packet intended to re-create at the destination terrestrial node the original packet of data received at the originating terrestrial node,
wherein said coded data packets are transmitted in multiple signal formats comprising multiple different bit rates.