Multi-band/multi-mode satellite radiotelephone communications systems and methods
First Claim
1. A satellite radiotelephone system comprising:
- a space-based component that is configured to communicate with radiotelephones in a satellite footprint that is divided into a plurality of satellite cells;
the space-based component being configured to communicate with a first radiotelephone in a first satellite cell over a first frequency band and/or a first air interface and to communicate with a second radiotelephone in a second satellite cell over a second frequency band and/or a second air interface.
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Abstract
Satellite radiotelephone systems and communications methods include a space-based component that is configured to communicate with radiotelephones in a satellite footprint that is divided into satellite cells. The space-based component is configured to communicate with a first radiotelephone in a first satellite cell over a first frequency band and/or a first air interface, and to communicate with a second radiotelephone in the first or a second satellite cell over a second frequency band and/or a second air interface. An ancillary terrestrial network also is provided that is configured to communicate terrestrially with the first radiotelephone over substantially the first frequency band and/or substantially the first air interface, and to communicate terrestrially with the second radiotelephone over substantially the second frequency band and/or substantially the second air interface.
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46 Claims
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1. A satellite radiotelephone system comprising:
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a space-based component that is configured to communicate with radiotelephones in a satellite footprint that is divided into a plurality of satellite cells;
the space-based component being configured to communicate with a first radiotelephone in a first satellite cell over a first frequency band and/or a first air interface and to communicate with a second radiotelephone in a second satellite cell over a second frequency band and/or a second air interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A satellite radiotelephone system comprising:
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a space-based component that is configured to communicate with a first radiotelephone over a first frequency band and/or a first air interface and with a second radiotelephone over a second frequency band and/or a second air interface; and
an ancillary terrestrial network that is configured to communicate terrestrially with the first radiotelephone over substantially the first frequency band and/or substantially the first air interface and to communicate terrestrially with the second radiotelephone over substantially the second frequency band and/or substantially the second air interface. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A satellite radiotelephone communications method comprising:
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communicating between a space-based component and a first radiotelephone in a first satellite cell over a first frequency band and/or a first air interface; and
communicating between the space-based component and a second radiotelephone in a second satellite cell over a second frequency band and/or a second air interface. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A satellite radiotelephone communications method comprising:
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communicating between a space-based component and a first radiotelephone over a first frequency band and/or a first air interface and a second radiotelephone over a second frequency band and/or a second air interface; and
communicating terrestrially with the first radiotelephone over substantially the first frequency band and/or substantially the first air interface and with the second radiotelephone over substantially the second frequency band and/or substantially the second air interface. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method of adding space-based communications to a first terrestrial network that is configured to communicate with a first radiotelephone over a first frequency band and/or a first air interface and to a second terrestrial network that is configured to communicate with a second radiotelephone over a second frequency band and/or a second air interface, the method comprising:
communicating between a space-based component and the first radiotelephone over substantially the first frequency band and/or the first air interface and between the space-based component and the second radiotelephone over substantially the second frequency band and/or substantially the second air interface. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A system for adding space-based communications to a first terrestrial network that is configured to communicate with a first radiotelephone over a first frequency band and/or a first air interface and to a second terrestrial network that is configured to communicate with a second radiotelephone over a second frequency band and/or a second air interface, the system comprising:
a space-based component that is configured to communicate with the first radiotelephone over substantially the first frequency band and/or the first air interface and with the second radiotelephone over substantially the second frequency band and/or substantially the second air interface. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46)
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