| 摘要 |
A system and method for balancing loads in wireless data communication between an airborne platform and at least two surface base stations is provided. In this system, an antenna array located on the airborne platform is capable of transmitting more than one beamform to each of the base stations independently. Likewise, each base station may likewise be capable of beamforming data transmissions to the airborne platform. The system may vary amounts of data sent between the airborne platform and the various base stations in order to balance loads upon each base station. Determination on balancing of loads is often dependent upon the data requirements of the airborne platform. Additionally, the bandwidth usage (or availability) of the base stations may be taken into consideration when determining load balancing. This kind of load balancing enables more efficient cell to cell handovers. Further, load balancing between multiple base stations enables the airborne platform to receive busts of higher data throughput by simultaneously receiving data transmissions from the various base stations.
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