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Wireless communication using an airborne switching node
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A communication system includes an aircraft supporting an airborne switching node that provides communication services to a variety of ground-based devices located in the service region as discussed by the authors, such as subscriber devices, such as customer premises equipment and business premises equipment.Abstract:
A communication system includes an aircraft supporting an airborne switching node that provides communication services to a variety of ground-based devices located in the service region The devices include subscriber devices, such as customer premises equipment and business premises equipment, as well as gateway devicesread more
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