Patent ID: 7634234
Filing Date: 2009-12-15
Classification: H04B,H04H,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of predicting uplink interference potential to a mobile satellite system (MSS) generated by ancillary terrestrial components (ATCs) of an ancillary terrestrial network (ATN) and/or ATC radioterminals that are configured to terrestrially use/reuse satellite frequencies, the method comprising: measuring power transmitted by and/or received at one or more radioterminals communicating with at least one terrestrial network and/or transmitted by and/or received at the at least one terrestrial network communicating with the one or more radioterminals using terrestrial frequencies that are at least partially outside a range of the satellite frequencies, wherein the power is measured at a plurality of spaced apart locations over a geographic area that is at least partially within a radio horizon of the MSS relative to the one or more radioterminals and/or the at least one terrestrial network; and predicting uplink interference potential to the MSS generated by terrestrial use/reuse of satellite frequencies by the ATN and/or radioterminals communicating therewith responsive to the measured power.