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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 )....
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...
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...
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....
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...
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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