Protected overlay of assigned frequency channels

A wireless communication platform, comprising:

• a feeder link antenna configured to receive a plurality of uplink signals associated with a first user group and a second user group;
• an adaptive beamformer configured to generate one or more spot beams for the first user group and one or more spot beams for the second user group;
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• a digital channelization engine configured to convert a first continuous frequency spectrum allocation comprising the plurality of uplink signals into a plurality of digitized channels, the digital channelization engine assigns to the first user group in the one or more spot beams a first subset of frequency channels, the assignment of the first subset of channels to the first user group being fixed during a period of time, the first subset of channels being one or more of a plurality of orthogonal frequency channels within a second frequency continuous spectrum allocation for the one or more spot beams, the digital channelization engine dynamically assigns to the second user group in the one or more spot beams a second subset of the frequency channels during the period of time, the second subset of channels being one or more of the plurality of orthogonal channels, the second subset of channels being distinct from the first subset of channels.

A method of wireless communication, comprising:

• receiving at a communication platform a plurality of uplink signals;
• converting a first continuous spectrum allocation comprising the plurality of uplink signals into a plurality of input channels;
• and
• applying fixed beamforming for a first subset of the input channels, the fixed beamforming including assigning a first, fixed subset of one or more frequency channels from a plurality of orthogonal frequency channels within a second continuous spectrum allocation;
• concurrently with applying fixed beamforming to the first subset of the input channels, applying dynamic beamforming for a second subset of the input channels, the dynamic beamforming including dynamically assigning a second subset of one or more frequency channels from the plurality of orthogonal frequency channels within the second continuous spectrum allocation, the second subset of channels being distinct from the first subset of channels;
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• generating one or more spot beams based on the fixed beamforming and the dynamic beamforming.

A method of wireless communication, comprising:

• determining a plurality of input channels associated with one or more uplink signals;
• applying to a first subset of the input channels fixed beamforming to generate a plurality of fixed output channels within a continuous frequency spectrum for each of the first subset of input channels;
• concurrently with generating the plurality of fixed output channels, applying to a second subset of the input channels dynamic beamforming to generate a plurality of dynamic output channels within the continuous frequency spectrum for each of the second subset of input channels, wherein the fixed output channels and the dynamic output channels being distinct subsets of a plurality of orthogonal frequency channels within the continuous frequency spectrum;
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• generating one or more spot beams including the plurality of dynamic output channels and the plurality of fixed output channels.

A method of wireless communication, comprising:

• receiving at a communication platform a plurality of uplink signals;
• converting a first continuous spectrum allocation comprising the plurality of uplink signals into a plurality of digitized input channels;
• and
• generating a first set of one or more downlink signals including a second continuous spectrum allocation for one or more spot beams, wherein the one or more downlink signals include a set of fixed output channels for a first subset of the plurality of digitized channels,
• wherein generating the first set of one or more downlink signals includes frequency hopping a second subset of the plurality of digitized channels concurrently with generating the set of fixed output channels for the first subset of the plurality of digitized channels, the first subset and the second subset being distinct subsets of a plurality of orthogonal digitized channels within a second continuous frequency spectrum.

A method of wireless communication, comprising:

• receiving at a communication platform a plurality of uplink signals associated with a first user group and a second user group;
• converting a first continuous spectrum allocation comprising the plurality of uplink signals into a plurality of digitized channels;
• determining a user group associated with the plurality of digitized channels;
• generating one or more spot beams for the first user group and the second user group;
• frequency hopping a first user group using a first frequency hopping pattern within a second continuous spectrum allocation for the one or more spot beams during a period of time;
• and
• frequency hopping a second user group using a second frequency hopping pattern within the second continuous spectrum allocation for the one or more spot beams during the period of time, the second frequency hopping pattern is orthogonal to the first frequency hopping pattern.