Internet based digital satellite radio system and associated methods for providing indoor reception
First Claim
1. A digital satellite radio system comprising:
- a content server for providing a plurality of digital satellite radio channels;
at least one satellite for broadcasting the plurality of digital satellite radio channels;
at least one terrestrial repeater for broadcasting the plurality of digital satellite radio channels;
at least one microrepeater for receiving a selected digital satellite radio channel from said content server while not receiving unselected digital satellite radio channels, and wirelessly broadcasting the selected digital satellite radio channel in a different waveform as used by said at least one terrestrial repeater but using a same physical layer, the selected digital satellite radio channel having either a first frequency corresponding to a first ensemble of channels or a second frequency corresponding to a second ensemble of channels;
at least one digital satellite radio unit for receiving the plurality of digital satellite radio channels from said at least one satellite and said at least one terrestrial repeater, and for receiving the selected digital satellite radio channel from said at least one microrepeater while not receiving the unselected digital satellite radio channels; and
wherein if said at least one micro-repeater detects an adjacent micro-repeater transmitting on the first or second frequency, then said at least one micro-repeater changes the frequency of the selected digital satellite radio channel for said at least one digital satellite radio unit so that it is different from the frequency used by the adjacent micro-repeater.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A digital satellite radio system includes a content server for providing digital satellite radio channels, a satellite for broadcasting the digital satellite radio channels, and a terrestrial repeater for broadcasting the digital satellite radio channels. A micro-repeater receives a selected digital satellite radio channel from the content server via the Internet while not receiving unselected digital satellite radio channels, and wirelessly broadcasts the selected digital satellite radio channel in a different waveform as used by the terrestrial repeater but using a same physical layer. A digital satellite radio unit receives the selected digital satellite radio channel from the micro-repeater while not receiving the unselected digital satellite radio channels.
-
Citations
24 Claims
-
1. A digital satellite radio system comprising:
-
a content server for providing a plurality of digital satellite radio channels; at least one satellite for broadcasting the plurality of digital satellite radio channels; at least one terrestrial repeater for broadcasting the plurality of digital satellite radio channels; at least one microrepeater for receiving a selected digital satellite radio channel from said content server while not receiving unselected digital satellite radio channels, and wirelessly broadcasting the selected digital satellite radio channel in a different waveform as used by said at least one terrestrial repeater but using a same physical layer, the selected digital satellite radio channel having either a first frequency corresponding to a first ensemble of channels or a second frequency corresponding to a second ensemble of channels; at least one digital satellite radio unit for receiving the plurality of digital satellite radio channels from said at least one satellite and said at least one terrestrial repeater, and for receiving the selected digital satellite radio channel from said at least one microrepeater while not receiving the unselected digital satellite radio channels; and wherein if said at least one micro-repeater detects an adjacent micro-repeater transmitting on the first or second frequency, then said at least one micro-repeater changes the frequency of the selected digital satellite radio channel for said at least one digital satellite radio unit so that it is different from the frequency used by the adjacent micro-repeater. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
-
-
13. A method for operating a digital satellite radio system comprising:
-
providing a plurality of digital satellite radio channels by a content server; broadcasting the plurality of digital satellite radio channels by at least one satellite; broadcasting the plurality of digital satellite radio channels by at least one terrestrial repeater; providing a selected digital satellite radio channel to at least one micro-repeater from the content server while not receiving unselected digital satellite radio channels, and wirelessly broadcasting the selected digital satellite radio channel in a different waveform as used by the at least one terrestrial repeater but using a same physical layer, the selected digital satellite radio channel having either a first frequency corresponding to a first ensemble of channels or a second frequency corresponding to a second ensemble of channels; receiving the selected digital satellite radio channel by the at least one digital satellite radio unit from the at least one microrepeater while not receiving the unselected digital satellite radio channels; and wherein if the at least one micro-repeater detects an adjacent micro-repeater transmitting on the first or second frequency, then the at least one micro-repeater changes the frequency of the selected digital satellite radio channel for the at least one digital satellite radio unit so that it is different from the frequency used by the adjacent micro-repeater. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
-
Specification