US 12,081,310 B2
Systems and methods for creating radio routes and transmitting data via orbiting and non-orbiting nodes
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 Sep. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/373,662.
Application 18/373,662 is a division of application No. 17/539,240, filed on Dec. 1, 2021.
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 63/120,600, filed on Dec. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/120,409, filed on Dec. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0022316 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
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)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radio communication system capable of providing a radio route for transmitting data to terrestrial nodes via aerial system nodes including a plurality of orbiting satellite nodes and a plurality of non-orbiting aerial nodes at altitudes up to 20 miles, wherein:
each aerial system node includes an antenna construction for transmitting and receiving radio signals in a plurality of directions;
a number of said non-orbiting aerial nodes occupy each of multiple local areas around the earth, each said local area corresponding to an area having at least one terrestrial system node located therein;
said orbiting satellite nodes are disposed in orbital paths over said local areas;
each non-orbiting aerial node includes route creation circuitry for determining a quality associated with an initial routing message received from a sending terrestrial node indicating the suitability of including the non-orbiting aerial node and said sending terrestrial node as a radio link in the radio route, said initial routing messages including an address of said sending terrestrial node and the identity of the local area where it is located; and
each orbiting satellite node includes route creation circuitry for determining a composite quality associated with the quality of a further routing message received from a non-orbiting aerial node and the initial routing message quality included in said further routing message, said composite quality indicating the suitability of including the orbiting satellite and the non-orbiting aerial node as a radio link in the radio route, said further routing messages including the address of said sending terrestrial node and the identity of the local area where it is located.