Patent ID: 7904020

Claim:
A subscriber terminal for communicating with a gateway through more than one satellite relay comprising: an antenna configured to receive a composite signal from more than one satellite relay, wherein the composite signal includes a first signal that is transmitted from a first user through a first satellite, a second signal that is transmitted from the first user through a second satellite, and a third signal that is transmitted from a second user through the second satellite, wherein the first signal and the second signal are transmitted to the first and second satellites as the same signal; an isolator module configured to: isolate each of the first signal and the second signal from the composite signal; and combine the first signal and the second signal to generate a received signal having a higher apparent signal strength than that of the first signal alone phase shift at least one of the first or the second signal so that the first signal and the second signal are in phase with respect to each other; and add the first signal and the second signal.