System and method of augmenting terrestrial communication

Abstract

Examples include a communication converter including a RF signal port for coupling the communication converter to terrestrial RF transceiver, an antenna port for coupling the communication converter to a satellite antenna, a terrestrial-to-satellite (T/S) conversion unit configured to receive via the RF signal port terrestrial RF communication signals generated by the terrestrial RF transceiver and convert them into uplink satellite communication signals, a satellite-to-terrestrial (S/T) conversion unit configured to receive via the antenna port downlink satellite communication signals received by the satellite antenna and extract therefrom terrestrial RF communication signals thereby carried, and a detection unit configured to detect at least the reception of the terrestrial RF communication signals, and generate based thereon data/signals for setting mode of operation of the communication converter into a T/S mode or a S/T mode.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.