Systems and methods for increasing capacity and/or quality of service of terrestrial cellular and satellite systems using terrestrial reception of satellite band frequencies
CA 2504248 A1 · Owner: Mobile Satellite Ventures Lp · Inventors: Karabinis, Peter D.
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The capacity of a terrestrial wireless communications system that uses a terrestrial frequency band for communications with wireless terminals is expanded by utilizing a satellite frequency band for terrestrially receiving terrestrial communications from the wireless terminals. Since the wireless terminals are configured to transmit communications toa space-based component such as a satellite via a satellite frequency band these transmissions also , may be picked up (received) terrestrially. Thus terrestrial base stations can , be equipped with satellite frequency band receivers that can receive communications from the wireless terminals over a satellite frequency band. By using the …
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