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Device for broadcasting digital information via satellite

US6134225A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 17, 1997
Grant dateOct 17, 2000
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Expiry dateSep 17, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B7/18523
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The device comprises at least one set of links that send packet formatted digital information to the satellite on at least two different frequencies, at least one second set of links on board the satellite receives the digital information packets, at least one packet time multiplexing module connected both to output of the second set of links and to input of a digital information formatting module comprising a scrambler connected to input of a part of a broadcasting DVB-S chain beginning by a convolutive interleaving block and terminating by a QPSK modulator, at least one clock on board the satellite, this clock, working in asynchronism with all earth clocks and driving the satellite-borne assembly.

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