Satellite system using optical gateways and ground based beamforming |
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| 申请号 | US15682785 | 申请日 | 2017-08-22 | 公开(公告)号 | US10142021B2 | 公开(公告)日 | 2018-11-27 |
| 申请人 | Space Systems/Loral, LLC; | 发明人 | Ghislain Turgeon; Vijaya Gallagher; Leah Wang; | ||||
| 摘要 | Described herein are ground based subsystems, and related methods, for use in transmitting an optical feeder uplink beam to a satellite that includes a multiple element antenna feed array and that is configured to accept the optical feeder uplink beam and in dependence thereon use the multiple element antenna feed array to produce and transmit a plurality of radio frequency (RF) service downlink beams to service terminals. Certain embodiments are related to a ground based beamformer (GBBF) for inclusion in a ground based subsystem, and methods for use therewith. Beneficially, embodiments described herein allow for flexible antenna beam forming for large signal bandwidth without the limitation associated with the available gateway uplink and downlink spectrum at RF frequencies. Also described herein are space based subsystems for use with such ground based subsystems. | ||||||
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