Patent ID: 7218931
Filing Date: 2007-05-15
Classification: G01N,H04B

Abstract:
1. A satellite radiotelephone system comprising: a space-based component that is configured to provide wireless radiotelephone communications over a satellite radiotelephone frequency band including a plurality of satellite radiotelephone frequencies; and a plurality of ancillary terrestrial components that are configured to terrestrially reuse at least one of the satellite radiotelephone frequencies, at least some of the ancillary terrestrial components terrestrially reusing the at least one of the satellite radiotelephone frequencies in a staggered sectorization; wherein at least some of the ancillary terrestrial components are divided into n directional sectors and the at least one of the satellite radiotelephone frequencies is reused within the at least some of the ancillary terrestrial components so that an aggregate radiated power transmitted by the at least some of the ancillary terrestrial components at the at least one of the satellite radiotelephone frequencies in any direction is no greater than approximately 1/n of a total radiated power transmitted by the at least some of the ancillary terrestrial components at the at least one of the satellite radiotelephone frequencies.