Patent ID: 9031501
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A process for eliminating interference in a telecommunications network for the establishment of radio frequency links, the network comprising: a multi-beam satellite, the multi-beam satellite being associated with a coverage area made up of a plurality of cells in which terminals are located, each cell being associated with a beam linking the satellite to which a frequency band is assigned, a first and a second cell being associated with a same frequency band, a first earth station including a first demodulator configured to demodulate first cell signals transmitted by terminals located in the first cell and first earth station signals transmitted via the multi-beam satellite, a second earth station including a second demodulator different from the first demodulator configured to demodulate second cell signals transmitted by terminals located in the second cell and second earth station signals transmitted via the multi-beam satellite, said process comprising: before a message is sent by a terminal located in the first cell, determining by said terminal a position of the terminal in the coverage area and transmission parameters of the message; transmitting the message by the terminal via the multi-beam satellite, said message incorporating a message payload of the message and the transmission parameters and terminal position; receiving by the first earth station a modulated signal incorporating the message transmitted by said terminal; demodulating the signal by the first demodulator to recover the message payload, the transmission parameters and the position of the terminal; estimating by the first demodulator a power at which the message is received by the first earth station, of a figure of merit associated with the position of the terminal in relation to the first cell and a time at which the message is sent by the terminal; transmitting by the first earth station to the second earth station information relating to the message, and the estimated power, the figure of merit associated with the terminal position in relation to the first cell and the time at which the message is sent by the terminal; estimating by the second demodulator an estimated message representing the message sent by the terminal, as received by the second earth station, said estimate being made from: removing by the second demodulator from the modulated signal incorporating the message transmitted by the terminal as received by the second earth station, the estimated representative message, so that an interference generated by the message sent by the terminal is eliminated from the modulated signal.