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Relay apparatus, relay satellite, and satellite communication system

US9473236B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 10, 2014
Grant dateOct 18, 2016
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Expiry dateJan 10, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B17/40
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A reply apparatus includes: a reception analog switch matrix that outputs, to reception processing units, a wideband reception signal in a band wider than the bandwidth processable by the reception processing unit; a connecting unit that outputs demultiplexed signals to transmission processing units; a transmission analog switch matrix that outputs, to the same transmission antennas, signals subjected to transmission processing; a local generating unit that generates and transmits local signals having different frequencies to the reception processing units; a local-phase-difference calculating unit that calculates a phase difference between the local signals and inputs the phase difference to the reception processing units; and reception-phase correcting units that perform phase correction on the basis of the phase difference. The reception processing units, when the wideband reception signal is input, apply reception processing to divided signals obtained by extracting a part of bands of input signals on the basis of the local signals.

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