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Commercial satellite communications system

US5053782A · kind A · utility

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17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 13, 1989
Grant dateOct 1, 1991
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Expiry dateDec 13, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B7/216
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A satellite communication system including a central satellite communication terminal and a multiplicity of remote satellite communication terminals which communicate via a satellite, apparatus associated with each of the multiplicity of remote satellite communication terminals for transmitting a burst of information within a time slot and having a characteristic which is independent of the time slot and receiving apparatus associated with the central satellite communication terminal for acquiring the characteristic during each time slot and receiving the burst according to the time slot and according to the characteristic, whereby multiple transmissions may occur concurrently within a given frequency bandwidth.

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