COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING AN AEROSTAT TETHERED ABOVE THE EARTH SURFACE AND LINKED TO A BASE STATION BY AN OPTICAL FIBRE - Patent 1358723

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EP 1 358 723 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	05.11.2003 Bulletin 2003/45

(21)	Application number: 01978609.4

(22)	Date of filing: 25.10.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H04B 7/185

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/GB0104/723

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0206/1971 (08.08.2002 Gazette 2002/32)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

01.02.2001 GB 0102639

(71)	Applicants:
	Skylinc Limited York,Yorkshire YO10 4AU (GB) Daly, Neil Edward Warrington,Cheshire WA1 3EX (GB)

(72)	Inventors:
	DALY, Neil, Edward WarringtonCheshire WA1 3EX (GB) ADLARD, Jonathan, FrancisLes Jardins de Grasse 06130 Grasse (FR) BROOMFIELD, Carl David York,Yorkshire YO10 4EL (GB) CAHILL, Brian Joseph York,Yorkshire YO10 3HF (GB)

(74)	Representative: Mohun, Stephen John
	Haseltine Lake & Co.,Imperial House,15-19 Kingsway London WC2B 6UD London WC2B 6UD (GB)

(54)	COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING AN AEROSTAT TETHERED ABOVE THE EARTH SURFACE AND LINKED TO A BASE STATION BY AN OPTICAL FIBRE