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US08494445B2 Flexible coverage areas for forward link signals in a spot beam satellite communication system
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光束卫星通信系统中的前向链路信号的灵活覆盖区域
- 专利标题: Flexible coverage areas for forward link signals in a spot beam satellite communication system
- 专利标题(中): 光束卫星通信系统中的前向链路信号的灵活覆盖区域
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申请号: US13019841申请日: 2011-02-02
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公开(公告)号: US08494445B2公开(公告)日: 2013-07-23
- 发明人: Mark Miller
- 申请人: Mark Miller
- 申请人地址: US CA Carlsbad
- 专利权人: ViaSat, Inc.
- 当前专利权人: ViaSat, Inc.
- 当前专利权人地址: US CA Carlsbad
- 代理机构: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- 主分类号: H04B7/185
- IPC分类号: H04B7/185
摘要:
Conventional spot beam satellites transmit downlink beams that each correspond to a separate and unique uplink signal. Power available for each downlink beam is typically set by an associated amplifier on the satellite, and total transmit power cannot be dynamically distributed across different spot beams. An embodiment of the present invention overcomes this distribution limitation by using multiple replicas of a single signal as input to a multi-port amplifier that allows transmit power to be dynamically distributed across the different spot beams. The replicas may be de-correlated through techniques such as selectively delaying some of the replicas. This power distribution effectively allows dynamic allocation of capacity between areas serviced by different beams. Offered load in different beams can be predicted and used to set the attenuation values appropriately and the attenuation values may also be controlled remotely.
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