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7627284 |
Method and apparatus for providing wideband services using medium and low earth orbit satellites
A method and apparatus for mitigating communications interference between satellite communications systems in different orbits is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of evaluating a...
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7616682 |
Method and device for chronologically synchronizing a location network
Chronologically synchronizing a unique positing signal generated by a positioning-unit device at a known location with a reference positioning signal generated by a reference transmitter at a known...
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7602743 |
HUB modem system, method and apparatus
A communication system, method, computer program product, and apparatus include common equipment shared between multiple independently administered networks. The common equipment is reconfigurable...
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7583225 |
Low earth orbit satellite data uplink
A low earth orbit (LEO) satellite data uplink is provided. In one embodiment, a method of providing a data uplink to a LEO satellite includes determining position information using a LEO signal...
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7570940 |
Acquiring service authorization status from a mobile vehicle
The present invention provides a method for determining an authorization status of a satellite broadcast service for a mobile vehicle. A call center receives a request for the authorization status...
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7535863 |
Method and system for adaptive modulation scheduling
Provided is a method and system for transmitting MPEG frames between a DOCSIS based satellite modem termination system (SMTS) and a corresponding satellite modem (SM) system. The method includes...
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7519324 |
Geosynchronous satellite constellation
A satellite communications system is described for increasing capacity through spectrum reuse by multiple satellites. The system includes a constellation of satellites traveling in a geosynchronous...
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7515566 |
Partial mesh communication in hub based system
A partial mesh link channel is established within a satellite communication system by allocating return link channel resources to the partial mesh link channel.
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7509144 |
Scalable communication system, method and apparatus
A communication system, method, computer program product, and apparatus include common equipment shared between multiple independently administered networks. The common equipment is reconfigurable...
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7499671 |
Receiver apparatus and satellite broadcast reception system therewith
In an LNB 10 , a power supply circuit 12 has pre-regulators PRa and PRb provided one for each of power supply paths respectively from ports 13 a and 13 b , a bypass portion BP that, when the...
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7489927 |
Method and system for object tracking and communication
A system and method for communicating between ground stations and mobile satellites effectively eliminates the need for transferring information from one ground station to another. Communication...
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7483995 |
Coordinating a transition of a roaming client between wireless access points using another client in physical proximity
Systems and methods for handling a transition of a roaming mobile user device (i.e., a roaming client) from one access point (AP) to a target AP, referred to herein as soft inter-AP handoff. This...
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7480506 |
Satellite communication system
A communication system has a plurality of ground stations and a plurality of satellites located in a first orbit with respect to the earth. The satellites generate a plurality of beams...
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7474899 |
Method and apparatus for communicating using wireless control channels
A method and apparatus for transmitting messages between a communicator and a central monitoring station using a wireless control channel, bypassing voice channels comprising, receiving a message...
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7463899 |
Methods and apparatus for detecting local maximums in a two-dimensional data set
Methods and apparatus for detecting local maximums in a two-dimensional data set. Apparatus is provided for detecting a local maximum in a two-dimensional data set, where a stream of data elements...
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7460866 |
Position location for airborne networks
A wireless communications system, and a corresponding method, for use with an aircraft, includes airborne pico cell base stations mounted on the aircraft, the base stations capable of communication...
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7457424 |
Electronic volume device and remote controller thereof
An electronic volume device of an invention includes a common volume I/O 371 for receiving an i-th common volume level Dcom[i] (i=1 to N) on a common scale of N steps, a volume converter 373 ...
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7428406 |
Data transfer method for halting communication of data when a transfer gap is detected
A data transfer method via a packet oriented channel and a continuous channel in parallel between a mobile station and a base station, where the transfer via the continuous channel is interrupted...
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7428405 |
Automatic operation system and method for automating satellite control operation and satellite ground control system using the same
Provided are an automatic operation system for automating satellite control operation, a method thereof, and an automatic satellite ground control system using the same. The object of the present...
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7418263 |
Systems and methods for handover between space based and terrestrial radioterminal communications
A satellite communications system includes a satellite that is configured to wirelessly communicate with radioterminals in a satellite coverage area over a satellite frequency band, and an...
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7418236 |
Extraterrestrial communications systems and methods including ancillary extraterrestrial components
A system for communications on an extraterrestrial body may include a space-based component and an ancillary extraterrestrial component on the extraterrestrial body. The space-based component may...
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7376418 |
System and method for multiple access control in satellite communications system
A satellite communications system ( 10 ) includes a hub ( 14 ), a satellite ( 32 ), and any number of remote terminals ( 16 ). Each remote terminal ( 16 ) includes a remote receiver ( 38 ), a...
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7376417 |
Method and system of efficient spectrum utilization by communications satellites
A satellite system includes a plurality of orbit slots having a first orbital and a second orbital slot. A first satellite occupies a first orbital slot and generates a first set of uniform beams....
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7373085 |
Hybrid satellite and fiber communications system
A communication system employing optical fibers and a high data rate satellite is utilized to provide high-speed Internet access to various geographic regions. In one aspect, a first teleport...
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7369847 |
Fixed cell communication system with reduced interference
A communication system has a high altitude communication device that has an antenna for directing beams to a fixed cell pattern with a polarity of cells. A specific pattern of cells having the same...
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7369809 |
System and method for continuous broadcast service from non-geostationary orbits
A method, apparatus for providing at least near continuous broadcast services to one or more terrestrial receiver stations is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of satellites, each...
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7366463 |
Military UHF and commercial Geo-mobile system combination for radio signal relay
A radio signal relay device such as satellite is used to cover several relatively small geographical regions with relatively narrow beams as well as a relatively large geographical region with a...
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7330661 |
Method and apparatus for optical communication between devices
A method and apparatus for processing a data signal for transmission to a remote device transmits at least two synchronized copies of the data signal, in optical form, in different directions. To...
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7328012 |
Aircraft communications system and related method for communicating between portable wireless communications device and ground
An aircraft communications system includes a wireless local area network (LAN) access point positioned within the aircraft that receives and transmits wireless communications to and from at least...
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7317916 |
Stratospheric-based communication system for mobile users using additional phased array elements for interference rejection
A communication system has a stratospheric platform with a payload controller and a phased array antenna having a plurality of main array elements for generating a plurality of communication beams...
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7313143 |
Method for diversity site group operations in air/ground communications
Shortcomings in conventional Very High Frequency (VHF) Digital Link Mode 3 (VDL-3) communication techniques for implementing air/ground (A/G) diversity site group (DSG) communication are identified...
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7302226 |
Combined fixed satellite service and mobile platform satellite service communication system
A communication system for a mobile platform satellite service (MPSS) system includes a receiver subsystem (RS) and a transmitter subsystem (TS). A satellite transponder is in communication with...
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7292851 |
Communication support system, information processing terminal, radiotelephone network, message server, and recording medium
A sender of a message can transmit a message to an unspecified user merely by specifying a condition of space without specifying a recipient of the message, using an information processing terminal...
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7286824 |
Method for controlling data transmission rate in interactive satellite communication system
A method for controlling data transmission rate in order to save waste of resources due to Non-Line Of Sight (NLOS) region when a mobile terminal passes through the NLOS region in an interactive...
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7274908 |
Method, apparatus, and system for demand assignment in a communication network
A demand assignment method for a communication network including a hub and a plurality of user nodes includes adding a demand field to each data burst from a user node. Further, the method includes...
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7257371 |
Method, apparatus, and system for using a synchronous burst time plan in a communication network
A communication network control method for a communication network including a hub and a plurality of user nodes includes adjusting system parameters to maximize communication data rate and...
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7245908 |
Method and entity for processing communications based on altitude
A method and system for processing communications based on altitude is provided. When a network receives a request to connect a communication to or from a mobile station, the network will determine...
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7215954 |
Resource allocation method for multi-platform communication system
A mobile wireless communications system including a plurality of individual transponding nodes of various types, all in communication with a central processing hub. A local user signal is processed...
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7187690 |
Method of maximizing use of bandwidth for communicating with mobile platforms
A system and method for switching between transmission modes provides more efficient use of available bandwidth. A content delivery system determines, based upon a predetermined limit, whether to...
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7184761 |
Satellite communications system
A communication system has a plurality of ground stations for communicating communication signal to a plurality of satellites located in an inclined elliptical sub-geosynchronous orbit with respect...
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7181160 |
Method and apparatus for providing a signal to passengers of a passenger vehicle
A system that provides information to a second passenger vehicle, to create an information network between the second passenger vehicle and an information source, the system including a first...
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7164661 |
System and method for providing a two-way satellite system
A two-way satellite communication system is disclosed. A transceiver transmit signals over a return channel to a satellite and receives signals over a downlink channel from the satellite. A hub...
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7162543 |
Process for synchronizing data between remotely located devices and a central computer system
A process for synchronizing data between a remotely located device, such as a personal digital assistant, Internet-enabled phone, handheld computer, laptop or desktop computer, and a central...
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7155161 |
Communications apparatus and method
A method of reusing frequency bands between base stations of a terrestrial mobile communications network and a satellite communications network, comprising allocating the frequency bands using...
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7151929 |
Satellite payload data communications and processing techniques
A satellite communication system ( 10 ) includes a satellite ( 20 ) which receives first and second data from sources. Each satellite receives control data from a satellite control center ( 100 )....
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7136620 |
Method and apparatus for providing wideband services using medium and low earth orbit satellites
A method and apparatus for mitigating communications interference between satellite communications systems in different orbits is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of evaluating a...
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7130578 |
Closed-loop pointing system for wireless communication with spot beams and wide-area beams
A wireless communication system includes platforms that generate spot beams and wide-area beams. The system includes a network operations controller that receives signals from user terminals. User...
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7120434 |
Netted radio signal broadcast method
A first transmitting device is used to transmit a first signal on a first carrier frequency to a relay device. The relay device receives the signal by demodulating the first carrier frequency....
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7113780 |
System for integrating an airborne wireless cellular network with terrestrial wireless cellular networks and the public switched telephone network
The present non-terrestrial feature transparency system spoofs the Air-to-Ground Network and the ground-based cellular communication network into thinking that the wireless subscriber devices have...
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7106863 |
Method for positioning by satellites
The invention relates to a security-protected system for positioning by satellites, comprising a constellation of satellites ( 11 ) sending out positioning signals under the control of a set of...
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