US 11,784,711 B2
Network employing cube satellites
Ian F. Akyildiz, Alpharetta, GA (US); Ahan Kak, Atlanta, GA (US); and Shuai Nie, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/900,328.
Application 17/900,328 is a continuation of application No. 17/051,290, granted, now 11,476,926, previously published as PCT/US2019/066523, filed on Dec. 16, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/780,136, filed on Dec. 14, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/780,085, filed on Dec. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0006736 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04B 7/195 (2006.01); H04B 7/0452 (2017.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 7/195 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0452 (2013.01); H04B 7/1855 (2013.01); H04B 7/18513 (2013.01); H04B 7/18519 (2013.01); H04B 7/18543 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
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1. A control and management layer for an ad hoc network of cube satellites, comprising:
(a) a plurality of multi-use cube satellites having both a network communication ability and sensing ability;
(b) at least one ground-based hub for communicating with the plurality of multi-use cube satellites;
(c) an access gateway for energy constrained devices configured to communicate with the plurality of multi-use cube satellites; and
(d) a virtualization manager configured to make virtualized resources available to a slice controller and configured to map of physical resources in the ad hoc network to a plurality of virtual entities.