Method and appartus for dynamic frequency bandwidth allocation
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1. A flexible bandwidth satellite communications system, the system comprising:
- at least one satellite, the at least one satellite comprising;
at least one controller spot beam;
at least two transponders;
wherein the at least two transponders each comprise;
at least one receive antenna, wherein the at least one receive antenna is adaptable to a multi-mode receiver operating mode, wherein the multi-mode receiver operating mode is selected from the receive mode group consisting of;
receiving a polarized signal, receiving at least one space division multiple access signal (SDMA), and receiving a polarized signal and receiving at least one SDMA signal;
at least one transmit antenna having at least one communications spot beam;
wherein the at least one transmit antenna is adaptable to a multi-mode transmitter operating mode, wherein the multi-mode transmitter operating mode is selected from the transmit mode group consisting of transmitting a polarized signal, transmitting at least one SDMA signal, and transmitting a polarized signal and transmitting at least one SDMA signal;
at least one bandwidth filter connectable between the at least one receive antenna and the at least one transmit antenna, the at least one fixed bandwidth filter having a controllable pass-band;
at least one controller gateway, wherein when the at least one controller gateway is not illuminated by either of the at least one communication spot beams the at least one controller gateway is;
adaptable to communicating with the at least one satellite; and
adaptable to controlling the controllable passband via said communications.
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Abstract
A flexible bandwidth satellite communications system, having two communications quartets with at least one controller spot beam per quartet. Each quartet comprises four transponders having multiple type bandwidth filters with controllable pass-bands controlled by a gateway located in an opposite quartet.
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35 Claims
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1. A flexible bandwidth satellite communications system, the system comprising:
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at least one satellite, the at least one satellite comprising;
at least one controller spot beam;
at least two transponders;
wherein the at least two transponders each comprise;
at least one receive antenna, wherein the at least one receive antenna is adaptable to a multi-mode receiver operating mode, wherein the multi-mode receiver operating mode is selected from the receive mode group consisting of;
receiving a polarized signal, receiving at least one space division multiple access signal (SDMA), and receiving a polarized signal and receiving at least one SDMA signal;
at least one transmit antenna having at least one communications spot beam;
wherein the at least one transmit antenna is adaptable to a multi-mode transmitter operating mode, wherein the multi-mode transmitter operating mode is selected from the transmit mode group consisting oftransmitting a polarized signal, transmitting at least one SDMA signal, and transmitting a polarized signal and transmitting at least one SDMA signal;
at least one bandwidth filter connectable between the at least one receive antenna and the at least one transmit antenna, the at least one fixed bandwidth filter having a controllable pass-band;
at least one controller gateway, wherein when the at least one controller gateway is not illuminated by either of the at least one communication spot beams the at least one controller gateway is;
adaptable to communicating with the at least one satellite; and
adaptable to controlling the controllable passband via said communications. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for dynamic frequency bandwidth allocation in a satellite communications system, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a satellite, the satellite having frequency reuse capability, the frequency reuse capability comprising space division multiple access (SDMA) transceiver capability, or signal polarization transceiver capability, or SDMA transceiver capability and signal polarization transceiver capability;
equipping the satellite with at least four spot communication beams;
providing the satellite with at least four bandwidth filters, the at least four bandwidth filters each having a controllable pass-band, and each of the at least four bandwidth filters corresponding to one of the at least four spot communication beams;
providing a controller gateway; and
using the controller gateway to adjust the at least four bandwidth filters. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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14. An asynchronous bandwidth satellite communications system, the system comprising:
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at least one satellite, wherein the at least one satellite comprises;
at least one quartet, wherein the at least one quartet comprises;
at least four transponders, wherein each of the four transponders comprise;
at least one first bandwidth filter;
at least one down-converter connectable to the at least one first bandwidth filter;
at least one second bandwidth filter connectable to the at least one down-converter;
at least one power amplifier connectable to the at least one second bandwidth filter; and
at least one third bandwidth filter connectable to the at least one power amplifier;
at least four data communications beams, wherein each data communications beam comprises at least one first forward channel assignment and at least one first return channel assignment;
a data control beam adaptable to forming a connection with any one of the at least four transponders, wherein the data control beam comprises one second forward channel assignment and one second return channel assignment; and
at least one ground control station adaptable to transceiving the data control beam.
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