Patent ID: 6301465
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
A transceiver subsystem for a telecommunications satellite, comprising:an antenna for transmitting and receiving communications signals over a plurality of communications beam spots, each communications beam spot having a predefined bandwidth assigned thereto, said bandwidth being divided into non-overlapping subbands;a plurality of front end signal conditioners conditioning communications signals received from an equal plurality of communications beam spots to output associated composite signals;multiple A/D processors processing said communications signals; andan interconnect disposed between said front end signal conditioners and said A/D processors, said interconnect directing first and second communications signals from first and second respective beam spots to a single A/D processor, said interconnect including a plurality of summers, each summer including a plurality of inputs equal to the number of communications beam spots, said interconnect including a plurality of switches directing each complete communications beam spot in a one to one relation to a single summer input.