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Device for broadcasting digital information via satellite from a plurality of earth stations

US6473900B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 17, 1997
Grant dateOct 29, 2002
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Expiry dateSep 17, 2017

Classification

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

Abstract

In the device:at least one set of links sends packet formated digital information to the satellite, on at least two different frequencies;at least one satellite-borne module receives, multiplexes and re-formates the information on only one downlink;at least one of the links works in a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) mode.

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