Satellite communications management system
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1. A communication system comprising:
- a number of terminals configured to send and receive information, such that, in operation, the number of terminals sends and receives the information;
a number of gateways configured to send and receive the information, such that, in operation, the number of gateways sends and receives the information;
a number of satellites; and
a control system located terrestrially and configured to;
control the number of terminals, the number of gateways, and the number of satellites, to transfer, via synchronizing reception of all signals at a satellite in the number of satellites via synchronizing transmissions of uplink signals from the number of terminals and the number of gateways, such that a signal in the all signals comprises a frequency hopping signal that comprises each hop characterized by at least one of an individual;
gain, and power level, being digitally adjusted on the satellite on a hop-by-hop basis such that each hop comprises particular frequencies, carrying a particular portion of the information at a particular point in time; and
control a tunable master oscillator used to lock a time and a frequency of the frequency hopping signal transmitted by the satellite, such that, in operation, the control system;
controls the number of terminals, the number of gateways, and the number of satellites, to transfer, via synchronizing reception of all signals at the satellite in the number of satellites via synchronizing transmissions of uplink signals from the number of terminals and the number of gateways, the signal in the all signals being the frequency hopping signal, and each hop characterized by at least one of the individual;
gain, and power, being digitally adjusted on the satellite on the hop-by-hop basis; and
controls the tunable master oscillator used to lock the time and the frequency of the frequency hopping signal transmitted by the satellite.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for processing a signal is present. Information is carried in a frequency hopping signal. The frequency hopping signal is sent to a gateway in a communications network through a satellite. The frequency hopping signal is unprocessed by the satellite to identify the information in the frequency hopping signal.
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1. A communication system comprising:
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a number of terminals configured to send and receive information, such that, in operation, the number of terminals sends and receives the information; a number of gateways configured to send and receive the information, such that, in operation, the number of gateways sends and receives the information; a number of satellites; and a control system located terrestrially and configured to; control the number of terminals, the number of gateways, and the number of satellites, to transfer, via synchronizing reception of all signals at a satellite in the number of satellites via synchronizing transmissions of uplink signals from the number of terminals and the number of gateways, such that a signal in the all signals comprises a frequency hopping signal that comprises each hop characterized by at least one of an individual;
gain, and power level, being digitally adjusted on the satellite on a hop-by-hop basis such that each hop comprises particular frequencies, carrying a particular portion of the information at a particular point in time; andcontrol a tunable master oscillator used to lock a time and a frequency of the frequency hopping signal transmitted by the satellite, such that, in operation, the control system; controls the number of terminals, the number of gateways, and the number of satellites, to transfer, via synchronizing reception of all signals at the satellite in the number of satellites via synchronizing transmissions of uplink signals from the number of terminals and the number of gateways, the signal in the all signals being the frequency hopping signal, and each hop characterized by at least one of the individual;
gain, and power, being digitally adjusted on the satellite on the hop-by-hop basis; andcontrols the tunable master oscillator used to lock the time and the frequency of the frequency hopping signal transmitted by the satellite. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus comprising:
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a control system, terrestrial based, configured to synchronize reception of a frequency hopping signal at a satellite via synchronizing transmissions, of signals from a number of terminals and a number of gateways in a communication network, to the satellite, such that in operation the control system synchronizes reception of the frequency hopping signal at the satellite via synchronizing transmissions, of signals from the number of terminals and the number of gateways in the communication network, to the satellite; a transmitter system, in the satellite, configured to transmit the frequency hopping signal, such that in operation the transmitter system transmits the frequency hopping signal, such that the frequency hopping signal comprises;
a channelization bandwidth, a gain, and a power level, such that the satellite digitally adjusts, via individually adjusting at least one of;
an individual gain, and a power level, of each frequency hop in the frequency hopping signal on a hop-by-hop basis such that each hop comprises particular frequencies carrying a particular portion of information at a particular point in time;the frequency hopping signal configured to lock to a tunable master oscillator controlled by the control system systematically controls the gain, the power level, and the channelization bandwidth, on a dynamic hop-by-hop basis; a receiver system in a gateway, in the number of gateways, configured to receive the frequency hopping signal from the satellite, the frequency hopping signal comprising a range of frequencies in which information is carried in a number of channels having a number of frequencies within the range of frequencies, such that the number of frequencies for a channel changes within the range of frequencies over time, such that, in operation, the receiver system in the gateway receives the frequency hopping signal from the satellite; and a communication processor, in the gateway, configured to identify the channel in the number of channels and transmit the frequency hopping signal to a destination device, such that, in operation, the communication processor, in the gateway, identifies the channel in the number of channels and transmits the frequency hopping signal to the destination device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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