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US 2011/0034166 A1Published application
Integrated or autonomous system and method of satellite-terrestrial frequency reuse using signal attenuation and/or blockage, dynamic assignment of frequencies and/or hysteresis
AssigneeATC Technologies, LLC
InventorsPeter D. Karabinis, Rajendra Singh
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Abstract
A signal strength that is associated with a first wireless communications channel is detected. Electromagnetic energy is transmitted over the first wireless communications channel in response to the signal strength being sufficiently weak. A determination is made whether a handoff should be made to a second wireless communications channel having a signal that is weaker than a signal of the first wireless communications channel. Related systems and methods are described.
Claims24
A communications system comprising:
- at least one satellite that is configured to provide wireless communications to subscriber terminals in a service region using a set of frequencies;
- and
- at least one base station that is configured to provide wireless communications to subscriber terminals in the service region using at least one frequency of the set of frequencies;
- wherein the at least one satellite is configured to provide wireless communications to subscriber terminals in the service region using a first channel width and the at least one base station is configured to provide wireless communications to subscriber terminals in the service region using a second channel width that is greater than the first channel width.
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A communications method comprising:
- configuring at least one satellite to provide wireless communications to subscriber terminals in a service region using a set of frequencies;
- and
- configuring at least one base station to provide wireless communications to subscriber terminals in the service region using at least one frequency of the set of frequencies;
- wherein the at least one satellite is configured to provide wireless communications to subscriber terminals in the service region using a first channel width and the at least one base station is configured to provide wireless communications to subscriber terminals in the service region using a second channel width that is greater than the first channel width.
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A communications system comprising:
- at least one satellite that is configured to provide wireless communications to subscriber terminals in a service region using a set of frequencies;
- wherein the set of frequencies comprises at least one frequency that is also used by at least one base station to provide wireless communications to subscriber terminals in the service region;
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- wherein the at least one satellite is configured to provide wireless communications to subscriber terminals in the service region using a first channel width that is less than a channel width that is used by the at least one base station to provide wireless communications to subscriber terminals in the service region.
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A communications method comprising:
- configuring at least one satellite to provide wireless communications to subscriber terminals in a service region using a set of frequencies;
- wherein the set of frequencies comprises at least one frequency that is also used by at least one base station to provide wireless communications to subscriber terminals in the service region;
- and
- wherein the at least one satellite is configured to provide wireless communications to subscriber terminals in the service region using a first channel width that is less than a channel width that is used by the at least one base station to provide wireless communications to subscriber terminals in the service region.
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A communications system comprising:
- at least one base station that is configured to provide wireless communications to subscriber terminals in a service region using at least one frequency of a set of frequencies that are used by at least one satellite to provide wireless communications to subscriber terminals in the service region;
- wherein the at least one base station is configured to provide wireless communications to subscriber terminals in the service region using a first channel width that is greater than a channel width that is used by the at least one satellite to provide wireless communications to subscriber terminals in the service region.
A communications method comprising:
- configuring at least one base station to provide wireless communications to subscriber terminals in a service region using at least one frequency of a set of frequencies that are used by at least one satellite to provide wireless communications to subscriber terminals in the service region;
- wherein the at least one base station is configured to provide wireless communications to subscriber terminals in the service region using a first channel width that is greater than a channel width that is used by the at least one satellite to provide wireless communications to subscriber terminals in the service region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.