Methods and systems for configuring satellite antenna cell patterns in response to terrestrial use of satellite frequencies
First Claim
1. A wireless communications method comprising:
- providing space-based communications over a space-based component using a frequency band;
providing terrestrial communications over at least one terrestrial component using at least one frequency of the frequency band; and
configuring at least one radiation pattern of the space-based component to reduce interference with the at least one frequency that is terrestrially used.
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Abstract
Space-based wireless radiotelephone communications are provided in a satellite footprint over a satellite radiotelephone frequency band. The satellite footprint is divided into satellite cells in which satellite radiotelephone frequencies of the satellite radiotelephone frequency band are spatially reused. At least one of the satellite radiotelephone frequencies that is assigned to a given satellite cell in the satellite footprint is terrestrially reused outside the given satellite cell. A radiation pattern of at least the given satellite cell is modified to reduce interference with the at least one of the satellite radiotelephone frequencies that is terrestrially reused outside the given satellite cell.
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23 Claims
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1. A wireless communications method comprising:
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providing space-based communications over a space-based component using a frequency band;
providing terrestrial communications over at least one terrestrial component using at least one frequency of the frequency band; and
configuring at least one radiation pattern of the space-based component to reduce interference with the at least one frequency that is terrestrially used. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A wireless communications system comprising:
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a space-based component that is configured to provide space-based communications over a frequency band; and
at least one terrestrial component configured to provide terrestrial communications over at least one frequency of the frequency band;
wherein at least one radiation pattern of the space-based component is configured to reduce interference with the at least one frequency that is used terrestrially by the at least one terrestrial component. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for reducing interference in a wireless communications system comprising a space-based component that is configured to provide space-based communications over a frequency band, and at least one terrestrial component that is configured to provide communications terrestrially by using at least one frequency of the frequency band, the interference reducing system comprising:
a controller that is operative to configure a radiation pattern of the space-based component to reduce interference with the at least one frequency that is terrestrially used by the at least one terrestrial component. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A system for reducing interference in a wireless communications system comprising a space-based component that is configured to provide space-based communications over a frequency band, and at least one terrestrial component that is configured to provide terrestrial communications by using at least one frequency of the frequency band, the interference reducing system comprising:
means for configuring a radiation pattern of the space-based component to reduce interference with the at least one frequency of the frequency band that is used by the at least one terrestrial component. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A wireless communications method comprising:
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providing space-based communications over a frequency band using a space-based component; and
configuring at least one radiation pattern of the space-based component to reduce interference with at least one frequency that is used terrestrially to provide wireless communications;
wherein the at least one frequency is a frequency of the frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A wireless communications method comprising:
configuring at least one radiation pattern of a space-based component to reduce a level of interference at the space-based component due to terrestrial use of at least one frequency that is also used by the space-based component. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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