Patent ID: 11962391
Assignee: HORIZON TECHNOLOGIES CONSULTANTS, LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A system in an aerial vehicle for intercepting satellite telephone radio frequency (RF) signals being transmitted to a communications satellite, the system comprising:
a first antenna on the aerial vehicle configured to receive signals at frequencies corresponding to an uplink from a mobile device being transmitted to a communications satellite, wherein the aerial vehicle comprises a cube satellite, unmanned aerial vehicle, or manned aerial vehicle;
and
a signal processing unit in the aerial vehicle configured to:
receive, from the first antenna on a aerial vehicle, RF signals in a satellite frequency band from an uplink by a satellite telephone handset, being transmitted to a communications satellite;
process RF signals in a satellite frequency band detected by the uplink antenna by digitizing the received signals, and packetizing data for transmission to a data link on the aerial vehicle;

a data link on the aerial vehicle configured to receive, from the signal processing unit, processed signals corresponding to the detected uplink satellite telephone radio frequency signals to be received by a ground station for decoding.