Mitigation of false co-channel uplink reception in a processing satellite communication system using stagger
First Claim
1. A method for detecting show-thru in an uplink A due to an uplink B at a satellite receiver, the method comprising:
- storing a plurality of stagger values associated with individual uplinks, including an uplink A stagger value;
establishing an uplink A decoding window according to said uplink A stagger value;
receiving cyclic error correction coded uplink A signals present at an uplink A receiver; and
decoding said uplink A signals to generate decoded uplink A data.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for preventing show-thru (and therefore misinsertion of unintended traffic) among uplink beams transmitted to a satellite. The method includes the steps of selecting (402) an uplink A stagger value, selecting an uplink B stagger value, coding (404) uplink A data to generate coded uplink A data, and coding (406) uplink B data to generate coded uplink B data. Subsequently, the method transmits (412) the coded uplink A data, staggered by the uplink A stagger value, in the uplink A and further transmits (414) the coded uplink B data, staggered by the uplink B stagger value, in the uplink B. During coding (404, 406), the method may use a full length error correcting code capable of correcting t errors. In such a case, the method generally selects an uplink B stagger value differing from the uplink A stagger value by more than t codeword symbols. Alternatively, the method, during coding (404, 406), may use a shortened error correcting code capable of correcting t errors. In such a case, the method generally selects an uplink B stagger value differing from the uplink A stagger value by at least one codeword symbol. The method is not limited to any particular number of uplink beams and may provide staggering for all same color uplink beams in a predetermined reuse pattern, for example.
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1. A method for detecting show-thru in an uplink A due to an uplink B at a satellite receiver, the method comprising:
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storing a plurality of stagger values associated with individual uplinks, including an uplink A stagger value;
establishing an uplink A decoding window according to said uplink A stagger value;
receiving cyclic error correction coded uplink A signals present at an uplink A receiver; and
decoding said uplink A signals to generate decoded uplink A data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for minimizing the number of decoded co-channel interference affected signals decoded at a receiver, the method comprising:
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coding signals from a first individual uplink using a cyclic error correction code;
coding signals from a second individual uplink using a cyclic error correction code; and
receiving signals from said first uplink at a first time;
receiving signals from said second uplink at a second time difference from said first time, wherein said first time and said second time are individually assigned to said first uplink and said second uplink. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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