PREDICTION OF UPLINK INTERFERENCE POTENTIAL GENERATED BY AN ANCILLARY TERRESTRIAL NETWORK AND/OR RADIOTERMINALS
First Claim
1. A method of predicting uplink interference potential to a satellite system generated by infrastructure and/or radioterminals communicating therewith that is/are configured to use/reuse satellite frequencies, the method comprising:
- measuring first power transmitted by and/or received at one or more radioterminals communicating with infrastructure using at least some frequencies other than the satellite frequencies and/or measuring second power transmitted by and/or received at the infrastructure communicating with the one or more radioterminals using at least some frequencies other than the satellite frequencies; and
predicting uplink interference potential to the satellite system associated with use/reuse of the satellite frequencies by the infrastructure and/or radioterminals communicating therewith responsive to said measuring first power and/or responsive to said measuring second power.
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Abstract
Methods are provided for predicting uplink interference potential to a mobile satellite system (MSS) generated by ancillary terrestrial components (ATCs) of an ancillary terrestrial network (ATN) and/or ATC radioterminals that are configured to terrestrially use/reuse satellite frequencies that are used and/or authorized for use by a MSS. The methods include measuring power transmitted by and/or received at one or more radioterminals communicating with one or more terrestrial networks and/or transmitted by and/or received at the one or more terrestrial networks communicating with the one or more radioterminals using terrestrial frequencies that are at least partially outside a range of the satellite frequencies. Uplink interference potential to the MSS generated by terrestrial use/reuse of satellite frequencies by the ATN and/or the ATC radioterminals is predicted responsive to the measured power. Related ancillary terrestrial networks are also described.
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1. A method of predicting uplink interference potential to a satellite system generated by infrastructure and/or radioterminals communicating therewith that is/are configured to use/reuse satellite frequencies, the method comprising:
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measuring first power transmitted by and/or received at one or more radioterminals communicating with infrastructure using at least some frequencies other than the satellite frequencies and/or measuring second power transmitted by and/or received at the infrastructure communicating with the one or more radioterminals using at least some frequencies other than the satellite frequencies; and predicting uplink interference potential to the satellite system associated with use/reuse of the satellite frequencies by the infrastructure and/or radioterminals communicating therewith responsive to said measuring first power and/or responsive to said measuring second power. - 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)
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24. An infrastructure comprising:
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a plurality of components that are configured to communicate with a plurality of radioterminals using satellite frequencies; and an interference controller that is configured to control the plurality of components and/or the plurality of radioterminals responsive to a prediction of uplink interference potential to a satellite system based on measurements of first power that is transmitted by and/or is received at one or more radioterminals that is/are communicating with at least one base station of a terrestrial network using frequencies that are at least partially outside a range of the satellite frequencies and/or based on measurements of second power that is transmitted by and/or is received at the at least one base station of the terrestrial network that is communicating with the one or more radioterminals using the frequencies that are at least partially outside of the range of the satellite frequencies. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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