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Patent US8078101 - Systems and methods for terrestrial reuse of cellular satellite frequency ... - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA space-based component, such as a satellite, is configured to receive wireless communications from radiotelephones in a satellite footprint over an uplink satellite radiotelephone frequency, and to transmit wireless communications to the radiotelephones over a downlink radiotelephone frequency. An ancillary...http://www.google.com/patents/US8078101?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8078101 - Systems and methods for terrestrial reuse of cellular satellite frequency spectrum in a time-division duplex and/or frequency-division duplex modeAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS8078101 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 12/604,994Publication dateDec 13, 2011Filing dateOct 23, 2009Priority dateSep 14, 2001Also published asCA2588191A1, EP1829247A1, EP1829247B1, US7664460, US20050118948, US20100039967, WO2006071480A1Publication number12604994, 604994, US 8078101 B2, US 8078101B2, US-B2-8078101, US8078101 B2, US8078101B2InventorsPeter D. Karabinis, Gary G. ChuranOriginal AssigneeAtc Technologies, LlcExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (102), Non-Patent Citations (16), Referenced by (7), Classifications (20), Legal Events (6) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetSystems and methods for terrestrial reuse of cellular satellite frequency spectrum in a time-division duplex and/or frequency-division duplex modeUS 8078101 B2Abstract A space-based component, such as a satellite, is configured to receive wireless communications from radiotelephones in a satellite footprint over an uplink satellite radiotelephone frequency, and to transmit wireless communications to the radiotelephones over a downlink radiotelephone frequency. An ancillary terrestrial network, that may include one or more ancillary terrestrial components, is configured to transmit wireless communications to, and receive wireless communications from, the radiotelephones over the uplink satellite radiotelephone frequency in a time-division duplex mode. An interference reducer is configured to reduce interference from the wireless communications that are received by the space-based component from the second radiotelephone and/or from the ancillary terrestrial network over the uplink satellite radiotelephone frequency, using the wireless communications that are transmitted by the ancillary terrestrial to, and/or received by the ancillary terrestrial network from, the second radiotelephone over the uplink satellite radiotelephone frequency.
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