Integrated or autonomous system and method of satellite-terrestrial frequency reuse using signal attenuation and/or blockage, dynamic assignment of frequencies and/or hysteresis
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Abstract
A cellular communications system comprising a space based system comprising a first set of cells, and a ground based system comprising a second set of cells. The space and ground systems can optionally function substantially autonomously, with each using spectrum from at least one predetermined frequency band.
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186 Claims
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1-111. -111. (canceled)
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112. A wireless communications system comprising:
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a space-based system configured to communicate with radioterminals in a first service region by selectively reusing frequencies of a satellite service link frequency band on a geographic basis; and
a ground-based system configured to communicate with radioterminals in a second service region that at least partially overlaps the first service region using at least a portion of the satellite service link frequency band, wherein radioterminal communications of the space-based system and the ground-based system are segregated to respective first and second portions of the satellite service link frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (113, 114, 115, 116, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128)
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117. A wireless communications system according to claim 1113, wherein the first sub-band and/or the second sub-band comprise/comprises a plurality of non-contiguous frequency bands.
- 129. A space-based system configured to communicate with radioterminals in a first service region by selectively reusing frequencies of a satellite service link frequency band on a geographic basis, wherein the first service region at least partially overlaps a second service region in which a ground-based system communicates with radioterminals using at least a portion of the satellite service link frequency band, and wherein radioterminal communications of the space-based system are frequency-segregated from radioterminal communications of the ground-based system.
- 134. A ground-based system configured to communicate with radioterminals using at least a portion of a satellite service link frequency band in a first service region that at least partially overlaps a second service region in which a space-based system communicates with radioterminals by selectively reusing frequencies of the satellite service link frequency band on a geographic basis, wherein radioterminal communications of the ground-based system are frequency-segregated from radioterminal communications of the space-based system.
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140. A wireless communications method comprising:
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communicating between a space-based system and radioterminals in a first service region by selectively reusing frequencies of a satellite service link frequency band on a geographic basis; and
communicating between a ground-based system and radioterminals in a second service region that at least partially overlaps the first service region using at least a portion of the satellite service link frequency band, wherein radioterminal communications of the space-based system and the ground-based system are segregated to respective first and second portions of the satellite service link frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155)
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156. A wireless communications system comprising:
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a space-based system configured to communicate with radioterminals in a first service region using a first air interface and selectively reusing frequencies of a satellite service link frequency band on a geographic basis; and
a ground-based system configured to communicate with radioterminals in a second service region that at least partially overlaps the first service region using at least a portion of the satellite service link frequency band and a second air interface, wherein radioterminal communications of the space-based system and the ground-based system are segregated to respective separate first and second portions of the satellite service link frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (157, 158, 159)
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160. A wireless communications method comprising:
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communicating between a space-based system and radioterminals in a first service region using a first air interface and selectively reusing frequencies of a satellite service link frequency band on a geographic basis; and
communicating between a ground-based system and radioterminals in a second service region that at least partially overlaps the first service region using at least a portion of the satellite service link frequency band and a second air interface, wherein radioterminal communications of the space-based system and the ground-based system are segregated to respective separate first and second portions of the satellite service link frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (161, 162, 163)
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- 164. A wireless communications system comprising a space-based system and a ground-based system configured to communicate with radioterminals in respective first and second service regions using at least a portion of a satellite service link frequency band, wherein the space-based system and the ground-based system are configured to communicate with radioterminals using respective first and second air interfaces, to segregate radioterminal communications thereof to respective separate first and second portions of the satellite service link frequency band, and to independently manage their respective radio resources.
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169. A wireless communications method comprising:
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communicating between a space-based system and radioterminals in a first service region using at least a portion of a satellite service link frequency band and a first air interface;
communicating between a ground-based system and radioterminals in a second service region that at least partially overlaps the first service region using at least a portion of the satellite service link frequency band and a second air interface;
segregating radioterminal communications of the space-based system and the ground-based system to respective separate first and second portions of the satellite service link frequency band; and
independently managing respective radio resources of the spaced-based system and the ground-based system. - View Dependent Claims (170, 171, 172)
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173. A wireless communications system comprising:
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a space-based system configured to communicate with radioterminals in a first service region using at least a portion of a satellite service link frequency band; and
a ground-based system configured to communicate with radioterminals in a second service region that at least partially overlaps the first service region using at least a portion of the satellite service link frequency band, wherein radioterminal communications of the space-based system and the ground-based system are completely segregated to respective first and second sub-bands of the satellite service link frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179)
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180. A wireless communications method comprising:
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communicating between a space-based system and radioterminals in a first service region using at least a portion of a satellite service link frequency band; and
communicating between a ground-based system and radioterminals in a second service region that at least partially overlaps the first service region using at least a portion of the satellite service link frequency band, wherein radioterminal communications of the space-based system and the ground-based system are completely segregated to respective first and second sub-bands of the satellite service link frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186)
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