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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 28, 2017
Applicant:

Arianegroup Sas, Paris, FR;

Inventors:

Yann Gouy, Paris, FR;

Bruno Esmiller, Villennes sur seine, FR;

Justine Serier, Fresnes, FR;

Yves Domaine, Vernouillet, FR;

Emilie Steck, Houilles, FR;

Assignee:

ARIANEGROUP SAS, Paris, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/118 (2013.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04B 10/50 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/118 (2013.01); H04B 7/18517 (2013.01); H04B 10/503 (2013.01);
Abstract

An emission/reception device is configured for communication between a ground station and a mobile craft which is provided with a retro-reflector configured to modulate a laser beam received along a direction and to return it along the direction, the mobile craft being situated above a backscattering zone, the emission/reception device generating at least two temporally offset emission/reception sequences, each being associated with a laser beam and comprising successive pairs of associated emission and reception phases, the emission phase including emitting a laser beam from the ground station towards the mobile craft, and the reception phase including receiving a laser beam returned by the retro-reflector, each reception phase being deactivated during the transit through the backscattering zone of the laser beam emitted during the associated emission phase.


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