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Systems and methods for monitoring terrestrially reused satellite frequencies to reduce potential interference
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Inventors: Karabinis, Peter D.; Churan, Gary G.;
Assignee: ATC Technologies, LLC (Reston, VA)
Primary Examiner: Feild; Joseph
Assistant Examiner: Nguyen; David
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec
Radiation by an ancillary terrestrial network, and/or satellite radiotelephones that communicate therewith are monitored and controlled, to reduce and preferably prevent intra-system interference and/or interference with other satellite radiotelephone systems. In particular, a satellite radiotelephone system includes a space-based component that is configured to wirelessly communicate with first radiotelephones in a satellite footprint over a satellite radiotelephone frequency band, and an ancillary terrestrial network that is configured to wirelessly communicate with second radiotelephones in the satellite footprint over at least some of the satellite radiotelephone frequency band, to thereby terrestrially reuse the at least some of the satellite radiotelephone frequency band. Wireless radiation by the ancillary terrestrial network and/or the second radiotelephones at the space-based component is monitored, and the radiation by the ancillary terrestrial network and/or the plurality of second radiotelephones is adjusted in response to the monitoring. Intra-system interference and/or interference with other satellite systems thereby may be reduced or prevented. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION Some embodiments of the present invention can monitor and control the radiation by an ancillary terrestrial network, and/or satellite radiotelephones that communicate therewith, to reduce and preferably prevent interference with other satellite radiotelephone systems.
In particular, according to some embodiments of the present invention, a satellite radiotelephone system includes a space-based component that is configured to wirelessly communicate with a plurality of first radiotelephones in a satellite footprint over a satellite radiotelephone frequency band, and an ancillary terrestrial network that is configured to wirelessly communicate with a plurality of second radiotelephones in the satellite footprint over at least some of the satellite radiotelephone frequency band, to thereby terrestrially reuse the at least some of the satellite radiotelephone frequency band.
Wireless radiation by the ancillary terrestrial network and/or the plurality of second radiotelephones at the space-based component is monitored, and the radiation by the ancillary terrestrial network and/or the plurality of second radiotelephones is adjusted in response to the monitoring.
In other embodiments, the space-based component is a first space-based component and a second space-based component from another satellite radiotelephone system is not configured to wirelessly communicate with the plurality of first or second radiotelephones and the ancillary terrestrial network, but may be subject to interference by the wireless radiation by the ancillary terrestrial network and/or the plurality of first or second radiotelephones.
In these embodiments, wireless radiation by the ancillary terrestrial network and/or the plurality of second radiotelephones that may interfere with the second or first space-based component is monitored.
The radiation by the ancillary terrestrial network and/or the plurality of second radiotelephones is adjusted, to reduce the wireless radiation by the ancillary terrestrial network and/or the plurality of second radiotelephones that may interfere with the second or first space-based component
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