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Patent US7423987 - Feeder link configurations to support layered modulation for digital signals - Google Patents
Systems and methods are disclosed for feeder link configurations to layered modulation. One feeder link system employs feeder link spot beam to antennas in distinct coverage areas to enable frequency reuse. Another system employs narrow beam width feeder link antenna to illuminate individual satellites...http://www.google.com/patents/US7423987?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7423987 - Feeder link configurations to support layered modulation for digital signals
Publication number US7423987 B2
Application number US 10/532,631
PCT number PCT/US2003/033255
Also published as US8259641, US8804605, US20060056330, US20090073917, US20130121430
Publication number 10532631, 532631, PCT/2003/33255, PCT/US/2003/033255, PCT/US/2003/33255, PCT/US/3/033255, PCT/US/3/33255, PCT/US2003/033255, PCT/US2003/33255, PCT/US2003033255, PCT/US200333255, PCT/US3/033255, PCT/US3/33255, PCT/US3033255, PCT/US333255, US 7423987 B2, US 7423987B2, US-B2-7423987, US7423987 B2, US7423987B2
Inventors Paul R. Anderson, Joseph Santoru, Ernest C. Chen
Patent Citations (108), Non-Patent Citations (65), Referenced by (9), Classifications (21), Legal Events (3)
US 7423987 B2
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U.S. Classification 370/316, 370/337, 370/322, 455/427, 370/328, 375/320, 332/103, 375/327, 455/428, 455/429, 329/304, 455/431, 370/321, 375/316, 370/319, 348/E07.093
Cooperative Classification H04B7/18526, H04N7/20, H04L27/0008
European Classification H04N7/20