Patent ID: 11956066
Assignee: AST & SCIENCE, LLC
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 19:
20. A user device comprising:
one or more device antennas configured to:
receive a first signal from one or more of a plurality of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, the plurality of LEO satellites comprising at least a plurality of phased array antennas arranged to form an aperture common to the plurality of LEO satellites, the plurality of phased array antennas defining a field of view, the field of view having a plurality of cells projectable on Earth and each cell corresponding to one of a plurality of beams from the plurality of LEO satellites, and the first signal having been compensated for doppler shift and delay by the plurality of LEO satellites via the first one of the plurality of beams; and
communicate, from within one of the plurality of cells, a second signal directly to the plurality of LEO satellites.