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An airborne constellation is disclosed with a plurality of individual lighter-than-air platforms spaced apart above a contiguous geographic area within a predetermined altitude range so that ubiquitous line of sight coverage of the geographic area is provided. Each of the plurality of platforms incl

An airborne constellation is disclosed with a plurality of individual lighter-than-air platforms spaced apart above a contiguous geographic area within a predetermined altitude range so that ubiquitous line of sight coverage of the geographic area is provided. Each of the plurality of platforms include an enclosure holding a regulated volume of low density gas for buoyancy of the platforms. Each of the plurality of platforms further includes a signal transmitting device attached to the enclosure by which signals from the platform may be transmitted to the contiguous geographic area.

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An airborne constellation is disclosed with a plurality of individual lighter-than-air platforms spaced apart above a contiguous geographic area within a predetermined altitude range so that ubiquitous line of sight coverage of the geographic area is provided. Each of the plurality of platforms incl

An airborne constellation is disclosed with a plurality of individual lighter-than-air platforms spaced apart above a contiguous geographic area within a predetermined altitude range so that ubiquitous line of sight coverage of the geographic area is provided. Each of the plurality of platforms include an enclosure holding a regulated volume of low density gas for buoyancy of the platforms. Each of the plurality of platforms further includes a signal transmitting device attached to the enclosure by which signals from the platform may be transmitted to the contiguous geographic area. by a predetermined decrease amount; and i) when the second reference SIR has been increased at the step (g), sending a reference increase notification to the first radio station, wherein the step (c) comprises the steps of: c.1) counting the number of times the references increase notification has been received from the second ratio station for a predetermined time period, to produce a notification count; c.2) when the notification count is not smaller than a predetermined count threshold, determining that the first radio station is involved in the closed loop control; and c.3) when the notification count is smaller than the predetermined count threshold, determining that the first radio station is not involved in the closed loop control. 5. A method for controlling a reference SIR (Signal-to-Interference power Ratio) which is used as a reference of a closed loop control by a first radio station to control transmission power of a second ratio station connected to the first radio station by radio in a mobile communications system, comprising the steps of: a) determining whether a radio channel used to communicate with the second ratio station has sufficient communication quality; b) when the first radio channel has sufficient communication quality, decreasing the reference SIR by a predetermined decrease amount; c) when the first radio channel has insufficient communication quality, determining whether the first radio station is involved in the closed loop control controlling transmission power of the second radio station; d) when the first radio station is involved in the closed loop control, increasing the reference SIR by a predetermined increase amount; and e) when the first radio station is not involved in the closed loop control, causing the reference SIR not to be changed. 6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the step (c) comprises the steps of: c.1) calculating an average reference SIR over a predetermined past time period from a current time point; c.2) calculating an average receiving SIR over the predetermined past time period by averaging SIRs of signals received for the predetermined past time period; c.3) determining whether a SIR difference between the average reference SIR and the average receiving SIR is smaller than a predetermined threshold; c.2) when the SIR different is smaller than the predetermined threshold, determining that the first radio station is involved in the closed loop control; and c.3) when the SIR difference is not smaller than the predetermined threshold, determining that the first radio station is not involved in the closed loop control. 7. In a mobile communications system composed of a plurality of base transceiver stations and a plurality of mobile stations, a method for controlling a first reference SIR (Signal-to-Interference power Ratio) which is used as a reference of a closed loop control by a base transceiver station to control transmission power of a mobile station connected to a plurality of base transceiver stations, comprising the steps of: at the mobile station, a) measuring a second receiving SIR by receiving a broadcasting signal from each of the base transceiver stations connected to the mobile station; b) finding a first base transceiver station having a maximum second receiving SIR among the base transceiver stations connected to the mobile station; c) selecting a second base transceiver station such that a SIR difference between the maximum second receiving SIR and a second receiving SIR of the second base transceiver station is not smaller than a predetermined SIR difference threshold; d) sending a notification including an identification of the second base transceiver station to the base transceiver stations connected to the mobile station; at each of the base transceiver stations connected to the mobile station, e) determining whether the identification included in the notification received from the mobile station is ide ntical to an identification assigned thereto; f) when the identification included in the notification is identical to the identification of its own, determining whether a radio channel used to communicate with the mobile station has sufficient communication quality; g) when the radio channel has sufficient communication quality, decreasing the first reference SIR by a predetermined decrease amount; h) when the ratio channel has insufficient communication quality, determining whether the base transceiver station is involved in the closed loop control controlling transmission power of the mobile station, based on the number of times the notification has been received from the mobile station for a predetermined time period; i) when the base transceiver station is involved in the closed loop control, increasing the first reference SIR by a predetermined increase amount; and j) when the base transceiver station is not involved in the closed loop control, causing the first reference SIR not to be changed. 8. In a mobile communications system composed of a network controller, a plurality of base transceiver stations connected to the network controller, and a plurality of mobile stations, a method for controlling a reference SIR (Signal-to-Interference power Ratio) which is used as a reference of a closed loop control by a base transceiver station to control transmission power of a mobile station connected to a plurality of base transceiver stations, comprising the steps of: at the network controller, a) receiving a frame of data received by each of the base transceiver stations from the mobile station; b) selecting a frame of data having best condition among a plurality of frames of data received by the base transceiver stations; c) counting the number of times a frame of data having best condition has not been selected for a predetermined time period to produce a non-selection count for each of the base transceiver stations; d) selecting a first base transceiver station having a non-selection count which is not smaller than a predetermined count threshold; e) sending a non-selection notification to the first base transceiver station; at each of the base transceiver stations connected to the mobile station, f) determining whether the non-selection notification is received from the network controller; g) determining whether a radio channel used to communicate with the mobile station has sufficient communication quality; h) when the radio channel has sufficient communication quality, decreasing the reference SIR by a predetermined decrease amount; i) when the radio channel has insufficient communication quality, determining whether the base transceiver station is involved in the closed loop control controlling transmission power of the mobile station, depending on whether the non-selection notification has been received from the network controller; j) when the base transceiver station is involved in the closed loop control, increasing the reference SIR by a predetermined increase amount; and k) when the base transceiver station is not involved in the closed loop control, causing the reference SIR not to be changed. 9. In a mobile communications system composed of a network controller, a plurality of base transceiver stations connected to the network controller, and a plurality of mobile stations, a method for controlling a reference SIR (Signal-to-Interference power Ratio) which is used as a reference of a closed loop control by a base transceiver station to control transmission power of a mobile station, comprising the steps of: at the network controller, a) inquiring the reference SIR from each of the plurality of base transceiver stations; b) selecting a minimum reference SIR among a plurality of reference SIRs received from the base transceiver stations; c) sending the minimum reference SIR to the base transceiver stations; at each of the base transceiver stations receiving the minimum reference S IR from the network controller, d) replacing a current reference SIR with the minimum reference SIR received from the network controller. 10. A CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) mobile communications system comprising: mobile station having a function of changing transmission power depending on a transmission power control signal; and a base station comprising: a first measuring section for measuring a receiving SIR (Signal-to-Interference power Ratio) from a received signal on an uplink channel from the mobile station; a first transmission power controller for performing a closed loop control controlling the transmission power of the mobile station such that a power decrease request is sent as the transmission power control signal to the mobile station when the receiving SIR exceeds a first predetermined value, and a power increase request is sent as the transmission power control signal to the mobile station when the receiving SIR does not exceed the first predetermined value; and a first controller for controlling the first predetermined value such that it is determined whether the uplink channel has sufficient communication quality, when the uplink channel has insufficient communication quality, the first predetermined value is increased by a predetermined increase amount, when the uplink channel has sufficient communication quality, it is determined whether the base station is involved in the closed loop control; when the base station is involved in the closed loop control, the first predetermined value is decreased by a predetermined first decrease amount, and when the base station is not involved in the closed loop control, the first predetermined value is decreased by a predetermined second decrease amount which is greater than the predetermined first decrease amount. 11. The CDMA mobile communications system according to claim 10, wherein the mobile station comprises: a second controller for determining whether a downlink channel used to communicate with the base station has sufficient communication quality and, when the downlink channel has insufficient communication quality, increasing a second predetermined value by a predetermined increase amount, wherein the second predetermined value is used as a reference of the closed loop control by the mobile station to control transmission power of the base station, and, when the downlink channel has sufficient communication quality, decreasing the second predetermined value by a predetermined decrease amount; and a communication section for, when the second predetermined value has been increased, sending a reference increase notification to the base station, wherein the first controller of the base station counts the number of times the reference increases notification has been received from the second radio station for a predetermined time period, to produce a notification count and, when the notification count is not smaller than a predetermined count threshold, determines that the base station is involved in the closed loop control, and when the notification count is smaller than the predetermined count threshold, determines that the base station is not involved in the closed loop control. 12. A CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) mobile communication system comprising: a mobile station having a function or changing transmission power depending on a transmission power control signal; and a base station comprising: a first measuring section for measuring a receiving SIR (Signal-to-Interference power Ratio) from a received signal on an uplink channel from the mobile station; a first transmission power controller for performing a closed loop control controlling the transmission power of the mobile station such that a power decrease request is sent as the transmission power control signal to the mobile station when the receiving SIR exceeds a first predetermined value, and a power increase request is sent as the transmission power cont rol signal to the mobile station when the receiving SIR does not exceed the first predetermined value; a first calculator for calculating an average first predetermined value over a predetermined past time period from a current time point; a second calculator for calculating an average receiving SIR over the predetermined past time period by averaging SIRs of signals received for the predetermined past time period. a determiner for determining whether a SIR difference between the average first predetermined value and the average receiving SIR is smaller than a predetermined threshold and, when the SIR difference is smaller than the predetermined threshold, determining that the base station is involved in the closed loop control, and when the SIR difference is not smaller than the predetermined threshold, determining that the base station is not involved in the closed loop control; and a first controller for controlling the first predetermined value such that it is determined whether the uplink channel has sufficient communication quality, when the uplink channel has sufficient communication quality, the first predetermined value is decreased by a predetermined decrease amount, when the uplink channel has insufficient communication quality and the base station is involved in the closed loop control, the first predetermined value is increased by a predetermined increase amount, and when the uplink channel has insufficient communication quality and the base station is not involved in the closed loop control, the first predetermined value is changed. 13. A CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) mobile communication system comprising: a plurality of base transceiver stations; and a plurality of mobile stations, wherein each of the mobile stations comprises: a measuring section for measuring a second receiving SIR by receiving a broadcasting signal from each of the base transceiver stations connected to the mobile station; a selector for finding a first base transceiver station having a maximum second receiving SIR among the base transceiver stations connected to the mobile station and selecting a second base transceiver station such that a SIR difference between the maximum second receiving SIR and a second receiving SIR of the second base transceiver station is not smaller than a predetermined SIR difference threshold; and a communication section for sending a notification including an identification of the second base transceiver station to the base transceiver stations connected to the mobile station, and each of the base transceiver stations connected to the mobile station comprises: a determiner for determining whether the identification included in the notification received from the mobile station is identical to an identification assigned thereto and, when the identification included in the notification is identical to the identification of its own, determining whether a radio channel used to communicate with the mobile station has sufficient communication quality; a controller controlling such that, when the radio channel has sufficient communications quality, the first reference SIR is decreased by a predetermined decrease amount; when the radio channel has insufficient communication quality, it is determined whether the base transceiver station is involved in the closed loop control controlling transmission power of the mobile station, based on the number of times the notification has been received from the mobile station for a predetermined time period; when the base transceiver station is involved in the closed loop control, the first reference SIR is increased by a predetermined increase amount; and when the base transceiver station is not involved in the closed loop control, the first reference SIR is not changed. 14. A CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) mobile communications system comprising: a network controller; a plurality of base transceiver stations; and a plurality of mobile s tations, wherein the network controller receives a frame of data received by each of the base transceiver stations from the mobile station, selects a frame of data having best condition among a plurality of frames of data received by the base transceiver stations, counts the number of times a frame of data having best condition has not been selected for a predetermined time period to produce a non-selection count for each of the base transceiver stations, selects a first base transceiver station having a non-selection count which is not smaller than a predetermined count threshold, and sends a non-selection notification to the first base transceiver station, and each of the base transceiver stations connected to the mobile station, determines whether the non-selection notification is received from the network controller, determines whether a radio channel used to communicate with the mobile station has sufficient communication quality, decreases the reference SIR by a predetermined decrease amount when the radio channel has sufficient communication quality, determining whether the base transceiver station is involved in the closed loop control controlling transmission power of the mobile station, depending on whether the non-selection notification has been received from the network controller when the radio channel has insufficient communication quality, increasing the first reference SIR by a predetermined increase amount when the base transceiver station is involved in the closed loop control, and causing the first reference SIR not to be changed when the base transceiver station is not involved in the closed loop control. 15. A CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) mobile communication system comprising: a network controller; a plurality of base stations; and a plurality of mobile stations, wherein the network controller inquires the reference SIR from each of the plurality of base transceiver stations, selects a minimum reference SIR among a plurality of reference SIRs received from the base transceiver stations, and sends the minimum reference SIR to the base transceiver stations, and each of the base stations receiving the minimum reference SIR from the network controller, replaces a current reference SIR with the minimum reference SIR received from the network controller.