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Interference management of a processing communications satellite

  • US 6,865,166 B1
  • Filed: 11/06/1998
  • Issued: 03/08/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for interference management of a processing communications satellite serving multiple user terminals in a satellite based cellular communications system using a combination of frequency-division and time-division multiple-access, said method comprising:

  • receiving a request for service from a user terminal;

    prioritizing the multiple user terminals according to selected criteria, wherein said selected criteria include an amount of error correction selected by the user terminal;

    accessing a database of communications system parameters including user terminal database parameters having a prioritization listing, antenna pattern parameters, spacecraft/antenna pointing error parameters and link condition database parameters;

    applying an algorithm to at least one communications system parameter from the database of communications system parameters to determine a connection parameter to minimize intra-system interference in part upon the database of communications system parameters for the user terminal;

    allocating the connection parameter to the user terminal; and

    making a communications connection with the processing communications satellite by the user terminal using the connection parameter.

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