Patent ID: 11909503
Assignee: ATC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A satellite broadcast system, the system comprising:
an electronic processor communicatively coupled to a satellite and configured to
receive a plurality of bearer signals, each bearing identical broadcast program information;
for each of the plurality of bearer signals, generate one of a plurality of spotbeams for transmission by the satellite within a coverage area; and
introduce into a bearer signal of each spotbeam of the plurality of spotbeams a differential delay with respect to a bearer signal of each of the other spotbeams of the plurality of spotbeams, wherein the differential delays are determined relative to constraints that include at least one selected from a group consisting of: a maximization of a received signal to noise and interference ratio; a minimization of user equipment implementation complexity; and a minimization of difference from existing terrestrial broadcast/multicast standards; and

a user equipment configured to
receive the plurality of bearer signals from a plurality of adjacent spotbeams of the plurality of spotbeams; and
constructively utilize the plurality of bearer signals received from the plurality of adjacent spotbeams to decode the identical broadcast program information.