Patent ID: 6356247
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
System for transmitting and/or receiving signals in a communication system employing nonsynchronous satellites, comprising:a pluridirectional focusing means possessing a focusing surface including a plurality of focal points, a first transmitter and/or receiver element and a second transmitter and/or receiver element, a first means of displacement of the first element along a first support arranged along a first line of focal points corresponding to the trajectory of a first nonsynchronous satellite, a second means of displacement of the second element along a second support arranged along a second line of focal points corresponding to the trajectory of a second nonsynchronous satellite, means of control of the first and second means of displacement able to displace the first and second elements respectively along the said first and second lines of focal points, wherein the pluridirectional focusing means is fixed with respect to the ground and in that the system includes monitoring means, control means for determining the transmitter and/or receiver element with which the useful data exchanges are to be performed and for switching the latter element to means for processing the signals received and/or transmitted.