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Method and devices for transmitting data, particularly by satellite

US5428600A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 18, 1994
Grant dateJun 27, 1995
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Expiry dateJan 18, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B7/18532
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A relay satellite receives, from stations on the ground, modulated high-frequency signals situated in two different frequency bands. One of the modulations is narrow band and the other broad band. The satellite retransmits a multiplexed signal resulting from the phase modulation, of a sub-carrier consisting of the signal modulated by the narrow band modulation. The phase modulation is performed using signals drawn from the signals that carry the broad-band modulation. The user stations receive this multiplexed signal and extract therefrom, by filtering, the narrow band modulated sub-carrier, which can be used for phase-demodulating the multiplexed signal in order to recover signals which carry the broad-band modulation.

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