TDMA terminal controller
First Claim
1. A time division multiple access (TDMA) terminal comprising a plurality of terrestrial interface ports, a plurality of TDMA modulators and demodulators for modulating preamble and port data on a carrier and demodulating data from the carrier, the interface ports and the modulators and demodulators being fully interconnected over a common bus arrangement,a TDMA terminal controller comprising means for sequencing the flow of said data to said modulators and demodulators over said common bus, and said sequencing means comprising means during each time frame for transmitting null addresses to said ports, disabling bus access to the interface ports and transmit/receive units included therein.
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Abstract
A TDMA terminal is disclosed having a plurality of terrestrial interface ports, and a plurality of modems for modulating preamble and port data onto a carrier and demodulating the received data transmitted via a satellite from the carrier wherein the interface ports and modems are fully connected over a common bus arrangement. The TDMA terminal controller defines the sequence of transmission (TX) and reception (RX) of information through these multiple ports and modems. The control sequencing selectively activates the ports and modems to accommodate current traffic requirements. This is achieved by presenting clock timing signals and port address signals repetitively to the ports during each transmission frame to couple the ports to the bus for transmit and receive information during the allocated burst intervals. This sequencing system adds or deletes bursts, for selectively defining the ports and modems to be coupled to the bus. clock intervals ("phases") are added to or deleted from the addressing sequence to modify the timing of the transmission frame; in this way the frame is centered relative to the transmission and receive aperture, in order that terminal the remains fully synchronized with the transmission of information.
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1. A time division multiple access (TDMA) terminal comprising a plurality of terrestrial interface ports, a plurality of TDMA modulators and demodulators for modulating preamble and port data on a carrier and demodulating data from the carrier, the interface ports and the modulators and demodulators being fully interconnected over a common bus arrangement,
a TDMA terminal controller comprising means for sequencing the flow of said data to said modulators and demodulators over said common bus, and said sequencing means comprising means during each time frame for transmitting null addresses to said ports, disabling bus access to the interface ports and transmit/receive units included therein.
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6. A time division multiple access (TDMA) terminal comprising a plurality of terrestrial interface ports, a plurality of TDMA modulators and demodulators for modulating preamble and port data on multiple simultaneous carriers and demodulating data from multiple simultaneous carriers, the interface ports and the modulators and demodulators being fully interconnected over a common multiple phase bus arrangement,
and a TDMA terminal controller and said multiple phase bus comprising means for sequencing the flow of said multiple, independent data streams to said modulators and demodulators over said common multiple phase bus.
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