Reverse wireless broadband system
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1. A method of operating a communication platform, comprising:
- utilizing communication platform resources, including a first signal path and a second signal path, in a first roundtrip direction for a first gateway and first subscriber terminals;
utilizing the communication platform resources, including the first signal path and the second signal path, in a second roundtrip direction for a second gateway and second subscriber terminals concurrently with utilizing the communication platform resources in the first roundtrip direction, the second direction is reverse of the first direction;
the first roundtrip direction includes a first forward path from the first gateway to the first subscriber terminals and a first return path from the first terminals to the first gateway;
the second roundtrip direction includes a second forward path from the second gateway to the second subscriber terminals and a second return path from the second subscriber terminals to the second gateway;
the first gateway connected to a network to provide network data to the first subscriber terminals over the first forward path;
the second gateway connected to the network to provide network data to the second subscriber terminals over the second forward path; and
the second forward path is in an opposite direction of the first forward path and in a same direction as the first return path.
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Abstract
A communication system uses resources (including a first signal path and a second signal path) in a first roundtrip direction for a first set of gateways and subscriber terminals while concurrently using the same resources (including the first signal path and the second signal path) in a second roundtrip direction for a second set of gateways and subscriber terminals.
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1. A method of operating a communication platform, comprising:
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utilizing communication platform resources, including a first signal path and a second signal path, in a first roundtrip direction for a first gateway and first subscriber terminals; utilizing the communication platform resources, including the first signal path and the second signal path, in a second roundtrip direction for a second gateway and second subscriber terminals concurrently with utilizing the communication platform resources in the first roundtrip direction, the second direction is reverse of the first direction; the first roundtrip direction includes a first forward path from the first gateway to the first subscriber terminals and a first return path from the first terminals to the first gateway; the second roundtrip direction includes a second forward path from the second gateway to the second subscriber terminals and a second return path from the second subscriber terminals to the second gateway; the first gateway connected to a network to provide network data to the first subscriber terminals over the first forward path; the second gateway connected to the network to provide network data to the second subscriber terminals over the second forward path; and the second forward path is in an opposite direction of the first forward path and in a same direction as the first return path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A satellite system, comprising:
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an antenna system configured to create a beam pattern that includes a first beam illuminating a first region and a second beam illuminating a second region, the antenna system is configured to communicate with a first gateway in the first region via the first beam, the antenna system is configured to communicate with a second gateway in the second region via the second beam, the antenna system is configured to communicate with a first set of subscriber terminals in the second region via the second beam, the antenna system is configured to communicate with a second set of subscriber terminals in the first region via the first beam; a first signal path comprising amplifiers, filters and frequency converters connected to the antenna system, the first signal path is configured to operate as a first forward path for communicating from the first gateway to the first set of subscriber terminals, the first signal path is configured to operate as a second return path for communicating from the second set of subscriber terminals to the second gateway; and a second signal path comprising amplifiers, filters and frequency converters connected to the antenna system, the second signal path is configured to operate as a second forward path for communicating from the second gateway to the second set of subscriber terminals, the second signal path is configured to operate as a first return path for communicating from the first set of subscriber terminals to the first gateway; the first gateway connected to a network to provide network data to the first subscriber terminals over the first forward path; the second gateway connected to the network to provide network data to the second subscriber terminals over the second forward path; and the second forward path is in an opposite direction of the first forward path and in a same direction as the first return path. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A satellite system, comprising:
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a first gateway in a first region; a second gateway in a second region; a first set of subscriber terminals in the second region; a second set of subscriber terminals in the first region; a satellite configured to create a beam pattern that includes a first beam illuminating the first region and a second beam illuminating the second region, the satellite is configured to communicate with the first gateway and the second set of subscriber terminals via the first beam, the satellite is configured to communicate with the second gateway and the first set of subscriber terminals via the second beam, the satellite is configured to provide communication in a first roundtrip direction and concurrently in a second roundtrip direction; the first roundtrip direction includes a first forward path from the first gateway to the first subscriber terminals and a first return path from the first terminals to the first gateway; the second roundtrip direction includes a second forward path from the second gateway to the second subscriber terminals and a second return path from the second subscriber terminals to the second gateway; the first gateway connected to a network to provide network data to the first subscriber terminals over the first forward path; the second gateway connected to the network to provide network data to the second subscriber terminals over the second forward path; and the second forward path is in an opposite direction of the first forward path and in a same direction as the first return path. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of operating a communication platform, comprising:
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utilizing a first signal path and a second signal path in a first roundtrip direction for a first gateway and first subscriber terminals; provisioning a portion of a set of resources for the first signal path and the second signal path for communication between a second gateway and second subscriber terminals; utilizing the first signal path and the second signal path in a second roundtrip direction with the provisioned resources for the second gateway and second subscriber terminals concurrently while utilizing the first signal path and the second signal path in the first roundtrip direction for the first gateway and first subscriber terminals; the first roundtrip direction includes a first forward path from the first gateway to the first subscriber terminals and a first return path from the first terminals to the first gateway; the second roundtrip direction includes a second forward path from the second gateway to the second subscriber terminals and a second return path from the second subscriber terminals to the second gateway; the first gateway connected to a network to provide network data to the first subscriber terminals over the first forward path; the second gateway connected to the network to provide network data to the second subscriber terminals over the second forward path; and the second forward path is in an opposite direction of the first forward path and in a same direction as the first return path. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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