Patent ID: 7787409

Claim:
A communication system comprising: a local area network (LAN) radio transmitter configured to transmit a first message having a first frequency spectrum; and a wide area network (WAN) uplink device configured to receive the first message from the LAN radio transmitter and transmit a second message having a second frequency spectrum overlapping the first frequency spectrum to a WAN receiver using an orbital satellite; wherein the LAN radio transmitter and the WAN uplink device are configured to transmit the first and second message with at least one of a different modulation, a different Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) code, and a different frequency hop pattern, the WAN uplink device is further configured to transmit the second message at a second power sufficient for the orbital satellite to demodulate the second message, and the LAN radio transmitter is further configured to transmit the first message at a first power less than the second power and insufficient for the orbital satellite to demodulate the first message.