Patent ID: 9386550
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: H04B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A satellite communications system comprising: a first satellite configured to relay first satellite communications for first ground terminals, the first communications synchronized according to first satellite time slots; a second satellite configured to relay second satellite communications for second ground terminals, the second satellite communications synchronized according to second satellite time slots, the first and second satellites configured to maintain relative positions in a single orbital slot such that there is a maximum path delay difference between first and second path delays, the first path delay being between the first ground terminals and the first satellite, and the second path delay being between the first ground terminals and the second satellite; and a synchronization system configured to offset the first satellite time slots from the second satellite time slots as a function of the maximum path delay difference with respect to the first satellite time slots being lined up with the second satellite time slots.