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METHOD OF INTERFERENCE REDUCTION BY GEO-LOCALISATION OF TERMINALS IN A SATELLITE TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK

  • US 20120295538A1
  • Filed: 01/21/2011
  • Published: 11/22/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A process for eliminating interference in a telecommunications network for the establishment of radio frequency links, the network comprising:

  • a multi-beam satellite,a coverage area made up of a plurality of cells in which terminals are located, each cell being associated with a beam linking the satellite to which a frequency band is assigned, a first and a second cell being associated with a same frequency band,a first earth station including a first demodulator configured to demodulate signals transmitted by terminals located in the first cell and transmitted via the multi-beam satellite,a second earth station including a second demodulator different from the first demodulator configured to demodulate signals transmitted by terminals located in the second cell and transmitted via the multi-beam satellite,said process comprising;

    before a message is sent by a terminal located in the first cell, determining by said terminal (T) a position thereof in the coverage area and transmission parameters of the message;

    transmitting the message by the terminal via the multi-beam satellite, said message incorporating payload of the message and the transmission parameters and terminal position;

    receiving by the first earth station a modulated signal incorporating the message transmitted by said terminal;

    demodulating the signal by the first demodulator to recover the message payload, the transmission parameters and the position of the terminal;

    estimating by the first demodulator a power at which the message is received by the first earth station, of a figure of merit associated with the position of the terminal in relation to the first cell and of a point at which the message is sent by the terminal;

    transmitting by the first earth station to the second demodulator information relating to the message, and an estimated power, the figure of merit associated with the terminal position in relation to the first cell and the point at which the message is sent by the terminal;

    estimating by the second demodulator a message representing the message sent by the terminal, as received by the second demodulator, said estimate being made from;

    information relating to the message and the estimated power transmitted by the first earth station andthe figure of merit associated with the position of the terminal in relation to the second cell;

    removing by the second demodulator from the modulated signal incorporating the message transmitted by the terminal as received by the second earth station, the estimated representative message, so that an interference generated by the message sent by the terminal is eliminated from the modulated signal.

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