Broadband access to mobile platforms using drone/UAV background

A Jalali - US Patent 9,859,972, 2018 - Google Patents
Systems and methods for providing broadband internet access to mobile platforms such as
vehicles, aircraft, and portable devices, using a network of one or more entities such as …

Apparatus and methods for compressing video content using adaptive projection selection

A Abbas - US Patent 10,313,686, 2019 - Google Patents
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Methods and apparatus for mitigating fading in a broadband access system using drone/UAV platforms

A Jalali - US Patent 9,479,964, 2016 - Google Patents
Systems and methods for mitigating the effects of atmo spheric conditions such as rain, fog,
cloud in a broadband access system using drone/UAVs. In one embodiment, ter minal and …

Beam forming and pointing in a network of unmanned aerial vehicles (uavs) for broadband access

A Jalali, L Schiff - US Patent 9,712,228, 2017 - Google Patents
Systems and methods configured to form and point beams from one or more unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs) toward a target coverage area on the ground. One embodiment …

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) beam pointing and data rate optimization for high throughput broadband access

A Jalali - US Patent 10,321,461, 2019 - Google Patents
Systems and methods configured to form and manage dif ferent types of beams toward
target ground terminals to" optimally” communicate with the terminals. In one set of …

Systems and methods for selecting beam-reference signals for channel-state information reference-signal transmission

M Frenne, H Andersson, A Bergström… - US Patent App. 15 …, 2016 - Google Patents
According to certain embodiments, a method for selecting beam-reference signals for
channel-state information refer ence-signal transmission by a wireless device is provided …

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) beam forming and pointing toward ground coverage area cells for broadband access

A Jalali, L Schiff - US Patent 9,571,180, 2017 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 1. Technological Field The present disclosure describes aspects of a
system for broadband internet access using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to relay …

Cell search and synchronization in millimeter-wave capable small cells

H Niu, Q Li, Y Tang, S Pawar, CI Casas - US Patent 9,930,656, 2018 - Google Patents
Technology described herein relates to systems, methods, and computer readable media to
enable a millimeter wave capable small cell (MCSC) devices to receive a handover of a user …

Antenna beam management and gateway design for broadband access using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platforms

A Jalali, D Radhakrishnan - US Patent 9,614,608, 2017 - Google Patents
Systems and methods for creating beams from a non terrestrial vehicle (eg, unmanned
aerial vehicle (UAV)) toward user terminals and gateways on the ground. Another aspect of …

Ground terminal and UAV beam pointing in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for network access

A Jalali, V Filiba - US Patent 9,660,718, 2017 - Google Patents
Systems and methods for detecting an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Network access (for
example, to the Inter net) may be provided by detecting a UAV and fixing one or more beams …