Space-based network architectures for satellite radiotelephone systems
First Claim
1. A space-based network for a satellite radiotelephone system comprising:
- at least one receive-only satellite that is configured to receive wireless communications from a radiotelephone at a predetermined location over a satellite frequency band; and
at least one transmit satellite that is configured to transmit wireless communications to the radiotelephone at the predetermined location over the satellite frequency band.
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Abstract
A space-based network for a satellite radiotelephone system includes at least one receive-only satellite and at least one transmit satellite. The transmit satellite can be a transmit-only satellite or a transmit and receive satellite. The receive-only satellite(s) are configured to receive wireless communications from a radiotelephone at a location over a satellite frequency band. The transmit satellite(s) are configured to transmit wireless communications to the radiotelephone at the location over the satellite frequency band. By providing at least one receive-only satellite and at least one transmit satellite, space-based networks can offer a significant link margin, without the need to undesirably burden the radiotelephones themselves to achieve this link margin.
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76 Claims
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1. A space-based network for a satellite radiotelephone system comprising:
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at least one receive-only satellite that is configured to receive wireless communications from a radiotelephone at a predetermined location over a satellite frequency band; and
at least one transmit satellite that is configured to transmit wireless communications to the radiotelephone at the predetermined location over the satellite frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A space-based network for a satellite radiotelephone system comprising:
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a first receive-only satellite that is configured to receive wireless communications from a radiotelephone at a predetermined location over a satellite frequency band;
a transmit-only satellite that is collocated with the first receive-only satellite in an orbital slot and is configured to transmit wireless communications to the radiotelephone at the predetermined location over the satellite frequency band; and
a second receive-only satellite that is configured to receive wireless communications from the radiotelephone at the predetermined location over the satellite frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A space-based network for a satellite radiotelephone system comprising:
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a first receive-only satellite that is configured to receive wireless communications from a radiotelephone at a predetermined location over a satellite frequency band;
a first transmit satellite that is collocated with the first receive-only satellite in a first orbital slot and is configured to transmit wireless communications to the radiotelephone at the predetermined location over the satellite frequency band;
a second receive-only satellite that is configured to receive wireless communications from the radiotelephone at the predetermined location over the satellite frequency band; and
a second transmit satellite that is collocated with the second receive-only satellite in a second orbital slot and is configured to transmit wireless communications to the radiotelephone at the predetermined location over the satellite frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A space-based network for a satellite radiotelephone system comprising:
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a first receive-only satellite that is configured to receive wireless communications from a radiotelephone at a predetermined location over a satellite frequency band;
a transmit satellite that is collocated with the first receive-only satellite in a first orbital slot and is configured to transmit wireless communications to the radiotelephone at the predetermined location over the satellite frequency band; and
a second receive-only satellite that is located in a second orbital slot and is configured to receive wireless communications from the radiotelephone at the predetermined location over the satellite frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
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- 75. A space-based network for a satellite radiotelephone system comprising more receive satellites than transmit satellites.
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