US Patent Issued to SMARTSKY NETWORKS on Feb. 18 for "Wedge shaped cells in a wireless communication system" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,918, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC (Morrisville, N.C.).

"Wedge shaped cells in a wireless communication system" was invented by Douglas Hyslop (Vienna, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects described herein relate to a network for providing air-to-ground wireless communication in various cells. The network includes a first base station array, each base station of which includes a respective first antenna array defining a directional radiation pattern that is oriented in a first direction, wherein each base station of the first base station array is disposed spaced apart from another base station of the...