Approaches for achieving improved capacity plans for a satellite communications system via interleaved beams from multiple satellites
US10447385B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 6, 2017 |
| Grant date | Oct 15, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 3, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L1/0071
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is provided for interleaving frequency reuse plans of multiple satellites to form an aggregate frequency reuse cell plan. A first plurality of spot beams is generated by a first satellite for a first frequency reuse plan based on radio frequency (RF) spectrum bands. A second plurality of spot beams is generated by a second satellite for a second frequency reuse plan based on the RF spectrum bands. The first and second plurality of spot beams are interleaved to generate an aggregate frequency reuse cell plan. According to the aggregate frequency reuse plan, each of a first plurality of cells is covered by a combination of at least two of the plurality of spot beams of the first satellite, and each of a first plurality of cells is covered by a combination of at least two of the plurality of spot beams of the second satellite.
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