Additional aggregate radiated power control for multi-band/multi-mode satellite radiotelephone communications systems and methods
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1. An Ancillary Terrestrial Network (ATN) comprising:
- at least one Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) configured to provide wireless communications using a set of frequencies of a satellite frequency band;
wherein a satellite is also using at least some frequencies of the set of frequencies of the satellite frequency band to provide wireless communications, the ATN provides communications based on at least two of a GSM, CDMA2000 and/or W-CDMA air interface protocols, a capacity measure of the ATN is limited by;
α
N+β
M+γ
L=R;
in order to limit an aggregate level of interference to the satellite; and
wherein each one of α
, β and
γ
is substantially constant over a time interval, R is a measure of a frequency reuse of an air interface protocol of the ATN and N, M and L are measures of capacity associated respectively with the GSM, CDMA2000 CDMA2000 and W-CDMA air interface protocols.
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Abstract
An Ancillary Terrestrial Network (ATN) includes at least one Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) that is configured to provide wireless communications using frequencies of a satellite frequency band. The ATN provides communications based on a GSM, cdma2000 and/or W-CDMA air interface, under a constrained capacity measure. The capacity measure of the ATN may also be constrained when the ATN provides communications based on an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) and/or Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) air interface. Analogous methods of controlling an ATN also may be provided.
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1. An Ancillary Terrestrial Network (ATN) comprising:
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at least one Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) configured to provide wireless communications using a set of frequencies of a satellite frequency band; wherein a satellite is also using at least some frequencies of the set of frequencies of the satellite frequency band to provide wireless communications, the ATN provides communications based on at least two of a GSM, CDMA2000 and/or W-CDMA air interface protocols, a capacity measure of the ATN is limited by;
α
N+β
M+γ
L=R;
in order to limit an aggregate level of interference to the satellite; andwherein each one of α
, β and
γ
is substantially constant over a time interval, R is a measure of a frequency reuse of an air interface protocol of the ATN and N, M and L are measures of capacity associated respectively with the GSM, CDMA2000 CDMA2000 and W-CDMA air interface protocols. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 162)
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22. An Ancillary Terrestrial Network (ATN) comprising:
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at least one Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) configured to provide wireless communications using a set of frequencies of a satellite frequency band; wherein a satellite is also using at least some frequencies of the set of frequencies of the satellite frequency band to provide wireless communications, the ATN provides communications based on an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) and/or Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) air interface protocol, a capacity measure of the ATN is limited to;
X=RB10α
in order to limit an aggregate level of interference to the satellite; andwherein each one of α and
B is substantially constant over a time interval, R is a measure of a frequency reuse of an air interface protocol other than the OFDM and/or OFDMA air interface protocol of the ATN and X is a measure of capacity associated with the OFDM and/or OFDMA air interface protocol. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 163)
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44. An Ancillary Terrestrial Network (ATN) comprising:
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at least one Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) configured to provide wireless communications using a set of frequencies of a satellite frequency band; wherein a satellite is also using at least some frequencies of the set of frequencies of the satellite frequency band to provide wireless communications, the ATN provides communications based on an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) and/or Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) air interface protocol, a capacity measure of the ATN is limited by;
X=α
RB10β
in order to limit an aggregate level of interference to the satellite; andwherein each one of α
, B and β
is substantially constant over a time interval, R is a measure of a frequency reuse of an air interface protocol other than the OFDM and/or OFDMA air interface protocol of the ATN and X is a measure of capacity associated with the OFDM and/or OFDMA air interface protocol. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 164)
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68. A method of controlling an Ancillary Terrestrial Network (ATN) that is configured to provide wireless communications using set of frequencies of a satellite frequency band;
- wherein a satellite is also using at least some frequencies of the set of frequencies of the satellite frequency band to provide wireless communications, the ATN provides communications based on at least two of a GSM, CDMA2000 and/or W-CDMA air interface protocols;
the method comprising;limiting a capacity measure of the ATN to;
α
N+β
M+γ
L=R;
in order to limit an aggregate level of interference to the satellite; andwherein each one of α
, β and
γ
is substantially constant over a time interval, R is a measure of a frequency reuse of an air interface protocol of the ATN and N, M and L are measures of capacity associated respectively with the GSM, CDMA2000 and W-CDMA air interface protocols. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 192)
- wherein a satellite is also using at least some frequencies of the set of frequencies of the satellite frequency band to provide wireless communications, the ATN provides communications based on at least two of a GSM, CDMA2000 and/or W-CDMA air interface protocols;
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89. A method of controlling an Ancillary Terrestrial Network (ATN) that is configured to provide wireless communications using a set of frequencies of a satellite frequency band;
- wherein a satellite is also using at least some frequencies of the set of frequencies of the satellite frequency band to provide wireless communications, the ATN provides communications based on an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) air interface protocol and/or an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) air interface protocol;
the method comprising;limiting a capacity measure of the ATN to;
X=RB10α
in order to limit an aggregate level of interference to the satellite; andwherein each one of α and
B is substantially constant over a time interval, R is a measure of a frequency reuse of an air interface protocol other than the OFDM and/or OFDMA air interface protocol of the ATN and X is a measure of capacity associated with the OFDM and/or OFDMA air interface protocol. - View Dependent Claims (90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 193)
- wherein a satellite is also using at least some frequencies of the set of frequencies of the satellite frequency band to provide wireless communications, the ATN provides communications based on an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) air interface protocol and/or an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) air interface protocol;
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111. A method of controlling an Ancillary Terrestrial Network (ATN) that is configured to provide wireless communications using a set of frequencies of a satellite frequency band;
- wherein a satellite is also using at least some frequencies of the set of frequencies of the satellite frequency band to provide wireless communications, the ATN provides communications based on an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) air interface protocol and/or an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) air interface protocol;
the method comprising;limiting a capacity measure of the ATN to;
X=α
RB10β
in order to limit an aggregate level of interference to the satellite; andwherein each one of α
, B and β
is substantially constant over a time interval, R is a measure of a frequency reuse of an air interface protocol other than the OFDM and/or OFDMA air interface protocol of the ATN and X is a measure of capacity associated with the OFDM and/or OFDMA air interface protocol. - View Dependent Claims (112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 194)
- wherein a satellite is also using at least some frequencies of the set of frequencies of the satellite frequency band to provide wireless communications, the ATN provides communications based on an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) air interface protocol and/or an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) air interface protocol;
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135. An Ancillary Terrestrial Network (ATN) comprising:
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at least one Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) configured to provide wireless communications using a set of frequencies of a satellite frequency band; wherein a satellite is also using at least some frequencies of the set of frequencies of the satellite frequency band to provide wireless communications, the ATN provides communications based on a first air interface protocol, a capacity measure of the ATN is limited by;
X=f(R)
in order to limit an aggregate level of interference to the satellite; andwherein f(R) is a non-linear function of R, R is a measure of a frequency reuse of a second air interface protocol of the ATN and X is a measure of capacity associated with the first air interface protocol. - View Dependent Claims (136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147)
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148. An Ancillary Terrestrial Network (ATN) comprising:
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at least one Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) configured to provide wireless communications using a set of frequencies of a satellite frequency band;
wherein a satellite is also using at least some frequencies of the set of frequencies of the satellite frequency band to provide wireless communications, the ATN uses at least first and second air interface protocols to provide wireless communications to respective at least first and second classes of radioterminals and the ATN provides a first number N≧
0 of active on-the-air communications channels associated with the first air interface protocol, a second number M≧
0 of active on-the-air communications channels associated with the second air interface protocol and a third number L≧
0 of active on-the-air communications channels associated with any other air interface protocol(s);wherein the at least first and second air interface protocols are constrained by a functional relationship f(N, M, L)=C to generate an aggregate level of interference at the satellite that does not exceed a predetermined level, wherein C is a measure of frequency reuse for an air interface protocol. - View Dependent Claims (149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161)
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165. A method of controlling an Ancillary Terrestrial Network (ATN) that is configured to provide wireless communications using a set of frequencies of a satellite frequency band;
- wherein a satellite is also using at least some frequencies of the set of frequencies of the satellite frequency band to provide wireless communications, the ATN provides communications based on a first air interlace protocol;
the method comprising;limiting a capacity measure of the ATN to;
X=f(R)
in order to limit an aggregate level of interference to the satellite; andwherein f(R) is a non-linear function of R, R is a measure of a frequency reuse of a second air interface protocol of the ATN and X is a measure of capacity associated with the first air interface protocol. - View Dependent Claims (166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177)
- wherein a satellite is also using at least some frequencies of the set of frequencies of the satellite frequency band to provide wireless communications, the ATN provides communications based on a first air interlace protocol;
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178. A method of controlling an Ancillary Terrestrial Network (ATN) that is configured to provide wireless communications using a set of frequencies of a satellite frequency band;
- wherein a satellite is also using at least some frequencies of the set of frequencies of the satellite frequency band to provide wireless communications, the ATN uses at least first and second air interface protocols to provide wireless communications to respective at least first and second classes of radioterminals and the ATN provides a first number N≧
0 of active on-the-air communications channels is associated with the first air interface protocol, a second number M≧
0 of active on-the-air communications channels that is associated with the second air interface protocol and a third number L≧
0 of active on-the-air communications channels that is associated with any other air interface protocol(s);
the method comprising;constraining N, M and L by a functional relationship f(N, M, L)=C to generate an aggregate level of interference to the satellite that does not exceed a predetermined level, wherein C is a measure of frequency reuse for an air interface protocol. - View Dependent Claims (179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191)
- wherein a satellite is also using at least some frequencies of the set of frequencies of the satellite frequency band to provide wireless communications, the ATN uses at least first and second air interface protocols to provide wireless communications to respective at least first and second classes of radioterminals and the ATN provides a first number N≧
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