Cellular enabled IP radio satellite terminal
AssigneeHughes Network Systems, LLC
InventorEmanuel Harrington
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Abstract
Some implementations of the disclosure are directed to a satellite and cellular terminal, comprising: an indoor unit; and an outdoor unit comprising a satellite antenna and an outdoor Radio configured to communicatively couple to the indoor unit, the outdoor Radio comprising: an outdoor cellular antenna configured to communicate over a cellular communications network by transmitting signals generated using at least a cellular modem; and a feed horn configured to communicatively couple to the satellite antenna, wherein the satellite antenna is configured to communicate over a satellite communications network by transmitting signals over an inroute and receiving signals over an outroute.
Claims16
A combined satellite and cellular very small aperture terminal (VSAT), comprising:
- an indoor unit;
- and
- an outdoor unit, comprising:
- a satellite antenna;
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- an outdoor Internet Protocol (IP) Radio enabling both satellite and cellular communications, the outdoor IP Radio configured to communicatively couple to the indoor unit, and the outdoor IP Radio comprising:
- an outdoor cellular antenna configured to communicate over a cellular communications network by transmitting signals generated using at least a cellular modem, the outdoor cellular antenna externally mounted to the outdoor IP Radio;
- a feed horn configured to communicatively couple to the satellite antenna, wherein the satellite antenna is configured to communicate over a satellite communications network by transmitting signals over an inroute and receiving signals over an outroute;
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- a satellite modem configured to modulate signals for transmission over the inroute.
An outdoor unit for a combined satellite and cellular very small aperture terminal (VSAT), the outdoor unit comprising:
- an outdoor Internet Protocol (IP) Radio enabling both satellite and cellular communications, the outdoor IP Radio configured to communicatively couple to an indoor unit of the combined satellite and cellular VSAT, and the outdoor IP Radio comprising:
- an outdoor cellular antenna configured to communicate over a cellular communications network by transmitting signals generated using at least a cellular modem, the outdoor cellular antenna externally mounted to the outdoor IP Radio;
- a feed horn configured to communicatively couple to a satellite antenna;
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- a satellite modem configured to modulate signals for transmission over an inroute;
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- the satellite antenna, wherein the satellite antenna is configured to communicate over a satellite communications network by transmitting signals over the inroute and receiving signals over an outroute.
An indoor unit for a combined satellite and cellular very small aperture terminal (VSAT), the indoor unit comprising:
- a network interface configured to connect one or more user devices over a local area network;
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- a SIM card slot configured to receive a SIM card, wherein the indoor unit is configured to communicatively couple, over an interfacility link (IFL) connecting the indoor unit to an outdoor Internet Protocol (IP) Radio of the combined satellite and cellular VSAT, the SIM card to a cellular modem of the outdoor IP Radio that generates a signal used during transmission by an outdoor cellular antenna.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.