Patent ID: 7623859

Claim:
An Ancillary Terrestrial Network (ATN) comprising: at least one Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) configured to provide wireless communications using a set of frequencies of a satellite frequency band; wherein a satellite is also using at least some frequencies of the set of frequencies of the satellite frequency band to provide wireless communications, the ATN provides communications based on at least two of a GSM, CDMA2000 and/or W-CDMA air interface protocols, a capacity measure of the ATN is limited by: α N+βM+γL=R; in order to limit an aggregate level of interference to the satellite; and wherein each one of α, β and γ is substantially constant over a time interval, R is a measure of a frequency reuse of an air interface protocol of the ATN and N, M and L are measures of capacity associated respectively with the GSM, CDMA2000 CDMA2000 and W-CDMA air interface protocols.