Enhanced multi-satellite downlink connectivity
AssigneeT-Mobile Innovations LLC
InventorsNagi A. Mansour, Akin Ozozlu
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for enhanced multi-satellite downlink connectivity. Each of two or more extraterrestrial base stations communicate data in a downlink to a single user equipment (UE). Encoding each downlink with a different and orthogonal code permits the re-use of at least partially overlapping frequency resources without intra-channel interference. The separated data streams can be used either to provide additional redundancy when the same data is communicated on each stream or to increase throughput when at least partially different data is communicated on each stream.
Claims17
A system for communicating with a user equipment (UE) from two or more extraterrestrial base stations comprising:
- a first extraterrestrial base station;
- a second extraterrestrial base station;
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- one or more computer processing components configured to:
- communicate a first set of signals from the first extraterrestrial base station to the UE encoded with a first code and using a first frequency band;
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- communicate a second set of signals from the second extraterrestrial base station to the UE encoded with a second code and using a second frequency band, wherein the first frequency band at least partially overlaps with the second frequency band.
A method for communicating with a user equipment (UE) from two or more extraterrestrial base stations comprising:
- communicating a first set of signals from a first extraterrestrial base station to the UE encoded with a first code and using a first frequency band;
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- communicating a second set of signals from a second extraterrestrial base station to the UE encoded with a second code and using a second frequency band, wherein the first frequency band at least partially overlaps with the second frequency band, wherein each of the first extraterrestrial base station and the second extraterrestrial base station are attached to a UE at a common time and at least a portion of the first set of signals and the second set of signals are communicated to the UE at the common time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.