公开(公告)号：US09973984B1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-15

申请号：US15260393

申请日：2016-09-09

Applicant: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

Inventor： Dennis M. Hall ,  Hau H. Ho ,  Kiet D. Ngo

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04W16/28 ,  H04W84/06

CPC classification number: H04W36/0072 ,  H04W16/28 ,  H04W84/06

Abstract: An exemplary satellite in a communication system supports communications among earth stations and has a first receiver that receiving a first RF signal transmitted from a first earth station that is down converted to a first electrical IF signal. An up converter converts a second electrical IF signal, from a second earth station carrying information for the first earth station, to a second RF signal and transmits it to the first earth station. A switch switches remotely reconfigurable electrical IF communication circuits between pairs of ports. Signals carrying information to be communicated between the first and second earth stations are linked together by the switch.