Patent ID: 6295440
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
A mobile satellite communications system for mobile users, comprising:a satellite constellation having a plurality of individual satellites;a ground telecommunications hub in communication with each of said plurality of individual satellites, such that a signal processed by said ground telecommunications hub is radiated through a plurality of paths to a plurality of said individual satellites in said satellite constellation for re-radiation by said plurality of individual satellites to arrive at a designated user location simultaneously, and a return signal from the designated user location is transmitted through a plurality of paths by said plurality of individual satellites to said ground telecommunications hub, so that the frequency spectrum of said signal is available for re-use by other mobile users for point-to-point communications, anda mobile terminal, at the designated user location, for receiving said signal radiated from said plurality of individual satellites and arriving simultaneously for consequent coherent combination, and for sending said return signal.