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Systems and methods for reducing satellite feeder link bandwidth/carriers in cellular satellite systems

  • US 7,574,206 B2
  • Filed: 06/07/2005
  • Issued: 08/11/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A cellular satellite communications method comprising:

  • packing at a cellular satellite, information from a plurality of return service link carriers into a return feeder link carrier by loading a frame of the return feeder link carrier with information of frames of the plurality of return service link carriers; and

    unpacking at the cellular satellite, information from a forward feeder link carrier into a plurality of forward service link carriers by replicating information of a frame of the forward feeder link carrier and distributing the replicated information to frames of the plurality of forward service link carriers;

    wherein unpacking further comprises reducing power in at least one slot of at least one of the frames of the plurality of forward service link carriers that include the replicated information therein.

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