Patent ID: 7302226

Claim:
A method for providing broadband communication for a mobile platform, said method comprising: providing a first communications link between a mobile platform satellite service (MPSS) system transmitter subsystem (TS) and a target satellite transponder, the first communications link including MPSS data and having a predetermined angular space and frequency space; providing a second communications link between a fixed satellite service (FSS) station TS and the target satellite transponder the second communications link including FSS data and having the same angular space and frequency as the first communications link; and superimposing the first and second communications links at the target satellite transponder and communicating the superimposed links to a satellite service ground station utilizing at least a portion of an allowed interference budget for the target satellite transponder that is unused by the FSS station TS to provide additional interference budget for the MPSS system TS, thereby maximizing the use of the allowed interference budget of the target satellite transponder with respect to at least one neighboring satellite while maximizing utilization of the target satellite transponder.