Aggregate radiated power control for multi-band/multi-mode satellite radiotelephone communications systems and methods
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1. A satellite radiotelephone system comprising:
- a space-based component that is configured to communicate with a plurality of radiotelephones over a plurality of frequency bands and/or a plurality of air interfaces;
an ancillary terrestrial network that is configured to communicate terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones over substantially the plurality of frequency bands and/or substantially the plurality of air interfaces; and
an aggregate radiated power controller that is configured to control the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network so as to limit an aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power;
wherein the plurality of frequency bands and/or the plurality of air interfaces comprise a GSM air interface and a CDMA air interface and wherein the aggregate radiated power controller is configured to control the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network, so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power substantially according to the following;
NGSM+13,800NCDMA/107,894=13,800;
where NGSM denotes a number of co-frequency time slots that are using the GSM air interface and NCDMA denotes a number of co-frequency codes that are using the CDMA air interface.
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Abstract
A satellite radiotelephone system includes a space-based component that is configured to communicate with multiple radiotelephones over multiple frequency bands and/or multiple air interfaces. An ancillary terrestrial network is configured to communicate terrestrially with the multiple radiotelephones over substantially the multiple frequency bands and/or substantially the multiple air interfaces. An aggregate radiated power controller is configured to limit an aggregate radiated power by the multiple radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power.
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120 Claims
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1. A satellite radiotelephone system comprising:
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a space-based component that is configured to communicate with a plurality of radiotelephones over a plurality of frequency bands and/or a plurality of air interfaces; an ancillary terrestrial network that is configured to communicate terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones over substantially the plurality of frequency bands and/or substantially the plurality of air interfaces; and an aggregate radiated power controller that is configured to control the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network so as to limit an aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power; wherein the plurality of frequency bands and/or the plurality of air interfaces comprise a GSM air interface and a CDMA air interface and wherein the aggregate radiated power controller is configured to control the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network, so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power substantially according to the following;
NGSM+13,800NCDMA/107,894=13,800;where NGSM denotes a number of co-frequency time slots that are using the GSM air interface and NCDMA denotes a number of co-frequency codes that are using the CDMA air interface. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A satellite radiotelephone system comprising:
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a space-based component that is configured to communicate with a plurality of radiotelephones over a plurality of frequency bands and/or a plurality of air interfaces; an ancillary terrestrial network that is configured to communicate terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones over substantially the plurality of frequency bands and/or substantially the plurality of air interfaces; and an aggregate radiated power controller that is configured to control the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network so as to limit an aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power; wherein the plurality of frequency bands and/or the plurality of air interfaces comprise a GSM air interface, a cdma2000 air interface and/or a W-CDMA air interface and wherein the aggregate radiated power controller is configured to control the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network, so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power substantially according to the following;
N/8+M/50+L/200=R;where N denotes a number of co-frequency time slots that are using the GSM air interface, M denotes a number of co-frequency codes that are using the cdma2000 air interface, L denotes a number of co-frequency codes that are using the W-CDMA air interface and R denotes an authorized GSM-based frequency reuse. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A satellite radiotelephone system comprising:
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a space-based component that is configured to communicate with a plurality of radiotelephones over a plurality of frequency bands and/or a plurality of air interfaces; an ancillary terrestrial network that is configured to communicate terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones over substantially the plurality of frequency bands and/or substantially the plurality of air interfaces; and an aggregate radiated power controller that is configured to control the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network so as to limit an aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power; wherein the aggregate radiated power controller is configured to control the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network, so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power according to the following;
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6. A satellite radiotelephone system comprising:
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a space-based component that is configured to communicate with a plurality of radiotelephones over a plurality of frequency bands and/or a plurality of air interfaces; an ancillary terrestrial network that is configured to communicate terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones over substantially the plurality of frequency bands and/or substantially the plurality of air interfaces; and an aggregate radiated power controller that is configured to control the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network so as to limit an aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power; wherein the aggregate radiated power controller is configured to control the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network, so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power according to the following;
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7. A satellite radiotelephone system comprising:
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a space-based component that is configured to communicate with a plurality of radiotelephones over a plurality of frequency bands and/or a plurality of air interfaces; an ancillary terrestrial network that is configured to communicate terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones over substantially the plurality of frequency bands and/or substantially the plurality of air interfaces; and an aggregate radiated power controller that is configured to control the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network so as to limit an aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power; wherein the aggregate radiated power controller is configured to control the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network, so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by a plurality of co-frequency radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power according to the following; - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A satellite radiotelephone communications method comprising:
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communicating between a space-based component and a plurality of radiotelephones over a plurality of frequency bands and/or a plurality of air interfaces; communicating terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones over substantially the plurality of frequency bands and/or substantially the plurality of air interfaces; and controlling the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network so as to limit an aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power; wherein the plurality of frequency bands and/or the plurality of air interfaces comprise a GSM air interface and a CDMA air interface and wherein controlling the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power comprises controlling the plurality of radiotelephones substantially according to the following;
NGSM+13,800NCDMA/107,894=13,800;where NGSM denotes a number of co-frequency time slots that are using the GSM air interface and NCDMA denotes a number of co-frequency codes that are using the CDMA air interface. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. A satellite radiotelephone communications method comprising:
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communicating between a space-based component and a plurality of radiotelephones over a plurality of frequency bands and/or a plurality of air interfaces; communicating terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones over substantially the plurality of frequency bands and/or substantially the plurality of air interfaces; and controlling the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network so as to limit an aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power; wherein the plurality of frequency bands and/or a plurality of air interfaces comprise a GSM air interface, a cdma2000 air interface and/or a W-CDMA air interface and wherein controlling the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network, so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power comprises controlling the plurality of radiotelephones substantially according to the following;
N/8+M/50+L/200=R;where N denotes a number of co-frequency time slots that are using the GSM air interface, M denotes a number of co-frequency codes that are using the cdma2000 air interface, L denotes a number of co-frequency codes that are using the W-CDMA air interface, and R denotes an authorized GSM-based frequency reuse. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. A satellite radiotelephone communications method comprising:
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communicating between a space-based component and a plurality of radiotelephones over a plurality of frequency bands and/or a plurality of air interfaces; communicating terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones over substantially the plurality of frequency bands and/or substantially the plurality of air interfaces; and controlling the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network so as to limit an aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power; wherein controlling the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network, so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power is performed according to the following;
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29. A satellite radiotelephone communications method comprising:
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communicating between a space-based component and a plurality of radiotelephones over a plurality of frequency bands and/or a plurality of air interfaces; communicating terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones over substantially the plurality of frequency bands and/or substantially the plurality of air interfaces; and controlling the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network so as to limit an aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power; wherein controlling the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power is performed according to the following;
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30. A satellite radiotelephone communications method comprising:
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communicating between a space-based component and a plurality of radiotelephones over a plurality of frequency bands and/or a plurality of air interfaces; communicating terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones over substantially the plurality of frequency bands and/or substantially the plurality of air interfaces; and controlling the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network so as to limit an aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power; wherein controlling the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network, so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by a plurality of co-frequency radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power is performed according to the following; - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. Apparatus for controlling a satellite radiotelephone system that comprises a space-based component that is configured to communicate with a plurality of radiotelephones over a plurality of frequency bands and/or a plurality of air interfaces and an ancillary terrestrial network that is configured to communicate terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones over substantially the plurality of frequency bands and/or substantially the plurality of air interfaces, the apparatus comprising:
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an aggregate radiated power controller that is configured to control the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power; wherein the plurality of frequency bands and/or the plurality of air interfaces comprise a GSM air interface and a CDMA air interface and wherein the aggregate radiated power controller is configured to control the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network, so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power substantially according to the following;
NGSM+13,800NCDMA/107,894=13,800;where NGSM denotes a number of co-frequency time slots that are using the GSM air interface and NCDMA denotes a number of co-frequency codes that are using the CDMA air interface. - View Dependent Claims (48)
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49. Apparatus for controlling a satellite radiotelephone system that comprises a space-based component that is configured to communicate with a plurality of radiotelephones over a plurality of frequency bands and/or a plurality of air interfaces and an ancillary terrestrial network that is configured to communicate terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones over substantially the plurality of frequency bands and/or substantially the plurality of air interfaces, the apparatus comprising:
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an aggregate radiated power controller that is configured to control the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power; wherein the plurality of frequency bands and/or the plurality of air interfaces comprise a GSM air interface, a cdma2000 air interface and/or a W-CDMA air interface and wherein the aggregate radiated power controller is configured to control the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network, so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power substantially according to the following;
N/8+M/50+L/200=R;where N denotes a number of co-frequency time slots that are using the GSM air interface, M denotes a number of co-frequency codes that are using the cdma2000 air interface, L denotes a number of co-frequency codes that are using the W-CDMA air interface, and R denotes an authorized GSM-based frequency reuse. - View Dependent Claims (50)
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51. Apparatus for controlling a satellite radiotelephone system that comprises a space-based component that is configured to communicate with a plurality of radiotelephones over a plurality of frequency bands and/or a plurality of air interfaces and an ancillary terrestrial network that is configured to communicate terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones over substantially the plurality of frequency bands and/or substantially the plurality of air interfaces, the apparatus comprising:
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an aggregate radiated power controller that is configured to control the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power; wherein the aggregate radiated power controller is configured to control the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network, so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power according to the following;
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52. Apparatus for controlling a satellite radiotelephone system that comprises a space-based component that is configured to communicate with a plurality of radiotelephones over a plurality of frequency bands and/or a plurality of air interfaces and an ancillary terrestrial network that is configured to communicate terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones over substantially the plurality of frequency bands and/or substantially the plurality of air interfaces, the apparatus comprising:
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an aggregate radiated power controller that is configured to control the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power; wherein the aggregate radiated power controller is configured to control the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power according to the following;
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53. Apparatus for controlling a satellite radiotelephone system that comprises a space-based component that is configured to communicate with a plurality of radiotelephones over a plurality of frequency bands and/or a plurality of air interfaces and an ancillary terrestrial network that is configured to communicate terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones over substantially the plurality of frequency bands and/or substantially the plurality of air interfaces, the apparatus comprising:
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an aggregate radiated power controller that is configured to control the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power; wherein the aggregate radiated power controller is configured to control the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network, so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by a plurality of co-frequency radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power according to the following; - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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70. A method for controlling a satellite radiotelephone system that comprises a space-based component that is configured to communicate with a plurality of radiotelephones over a plurality of frequency bands and/or a plurality of air interfaces and an ancillary terrestrial network that is configured to communicate terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones over substantially the plurality of frequency bands and/or substantially the plurality of air interfaces, the apparatus comprising:
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controlling the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power; wherein the plurality of frequency bands and/or the plurality of air interfaces comprise a GSM air interface and a CDMA air interface and wherein controlling the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network, so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power comprises controlling the plurality of radiotelephones substantially according to the following;
NGSM+13,800NCDMA/107,894=13,800;where NGSM denotes a number of co-frequency time slots that are using the GSM air interface and NCDMA denotes a number of co-frequency codes that are using the CDMA air interface. - View Dependent Claims (71)
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72. A method for controlling a satellite radiotelephone system that comprises a space-based component that is configured to communicate with a plurality of radiotelephones over a plurality of frequency bands and/or a plurality of air interfaces and an ancillary terrestrial network that is configured to communicate terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones over substantially the plurality of frequency bands and/or substantially the plurality of air interfaces, the apparatus comprising:
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controlling the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power; wherein the plurality of frequency bands and/or a plurality of air interfaces comprise a GSM air interface, a cdma2000 air interface and/or a W-CDMA air interface and wherein controlling the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network, so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power comprises controlling the plurality of radiotelephones substantially according to the following;
N/8+M/50+L/200=R;where N denotes a number of co-frequency time slots that are using the GSM air interface, M denotes a number of co-frequency codes that are using the cdma2000 air interface, L denotes a number of co-frequency codes that are using the W-CDMA air interface, and R denotes an authorized GSM-based frequency reuse. - View Dependent Claims (73)
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74. A method for controlling a satellite radiotelephone system that comprises a space-based component that is configured to communicate with a plurality of radiotelephones over a plurality of frequency bands and/or a plurality of air interfaces and an ancillary terrestrial network that is configured to communicate terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones over substantially the plurality of frequency bands and/or substantially the plurality of air interfaces, the apparatus comprising:
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controlling the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power; wherein controlling the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network, so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power is performed according to the following;
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75. A method for controlling a satellite radiotelephone system that comprises a space-based component that is configured to communicate with a plurality of radiotelephones over a plurality of frequency bands and/or a plurality of air interfaces and an ancillary terrestrial network that is configured to communicate terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones over substantially the plurality of frequency bands and/or substantially the plurality of air interfaces, the apparatus comprising:
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controlling the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power; wherein controlling the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network, so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power is performed according to the following;
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76. A method for controlling a satellite radiotelephone system that comprises a space-based component that is configured to communicate with a plurality of radiotelephones over a plurality of frequency bands and/or a plurality of air interfaces and an ancillary terrestrial network that is configured to communicate terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones over substantially the plurality of frequency bands and/or substantially the plurality of air interfaces, the apparatus comprising:
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controlling the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by the plurality of radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power; wherein controlling the plurality of radiotelephones and/or the ancillary terrestrial network, so as to limit the aggregate radiated power by a plurality of co-frequency radiotelephones to a maximum aggregate radiated power is performed according to the following; - View Dependent Claims (77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94, 96)
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93. An ancillary terrestrial network for a satellite radiotelephone system that includes a space-based component that is configured to communicate with a plurality of radiotelephones over a satellite frequency band, the ancillary terrestrial network comprising:
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a plurality of ancillary terrestrial components that are configured to communicate terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones over substantially the satellite frequency band; and a diversity receiver that is configured to diversity combine at least two satellite frequency band signals from a radiotelephone that are received by a first ancillary terrestrial component, that are received by a second ancillary terrestrial component and/or that are received by an auxiliary antenna system. - View Dependent Claims (95, 97)
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98. A first ancillary terrestrial component for a satellite radiotelephone system that includes a space-based component that is configured to communicate with a plurality of radiotelephones over a satellite frequency band, the first ancillary terrestrial component comprising:
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a subsystem that is configured to communicate terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones over substantially the satellite frequency band; and a diversity receiver that is configured to diversity combine at least two satellite frequency band signals from a radiotelephone that are received by the first ancillary terrestrial component, by a second ancillary terrestrial component and/or by an auxiliary antenna system. - View Dependent Claims (99, 100, 101, 102, 106)
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103. A method for increasing link margin in a satellite radiotelephone system that includes a space-based component that is configured to communicate with a plurality of radiotelephones over a satellite frequency band and a plurality of ancillary terrestrial components that are configured to communicate terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones over substantially the satellite frequency band, the method comprising:
diversity combining at least two satellite frequency band signals from a radiotelephone that are received by a first ancillary terrestrial component, that are received by a second ancillary terrestrial component and/or that are received by an auxiliary antenna system. - View Dependent Claims (104, 105)
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107. An ancillary terrestrial network for a satellite radiotelephone system that includes a space-based component that is configured to communicate with a plurality of radiotelephones, the ancillary terrestrial network comprising:
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a plurality of ancillary terrestrial components that are configured to communicate terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones using satellite frequency band signals; and a diversity receiver that is configured to diversity combine at least two satellite frequency band signals from a radiotelephone that are received by a first ancillary terrestrial component, that are received by a second ancillary terrestrial component and/or that are received by an auxiliary antenna system. - View Dependent Claims (108, 109, 110, 111)
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112. A first ancillary terrestrial component for a satellite radiotelephone system that includes a space-based component that is configured to communicate with a plurality of radiotelephones, the first ancillary terrestrial component comprising:
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a subsystem that is configured to communicate terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones using satellite frequency band signals; and a diversity receiver that is configured to diversity combine at least two satellite frequency band signals from a radiotelephone that are received by the first ancillary terrestrial component, by a second ancillary terrestrial component and/or by an auxiliary antenna system. - View Dependent Claims (113, 114, 115, 116)
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117. A method for increasing link margin in a satellite radiotelephone system that includes a space-based component that is configured to communicate with a plurality of radiotelephones and a plurality of ancillary terrestrial components that are configured to communicate terrestrially with the plurality of radiotelephones using satellite frequency band signals, the method comprising:
diversity combining at least two satellite frequency band signals from a radiotelephone that are received by a first ancillary terrestrial component, that are received by a second ancillary terrestrial component and/or that are received by an auxiliary antenna system. - View Dependent Claims (118, 119, 120)
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