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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2019
Applicant:
Higher Ground Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bruce Leonard McKinley, South Riding, VA (US);
Scott A. McDermott, Washington, DC (US);
Assignee:
HIGHER GROUND LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/69 (2011.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); G01S 19/00 (2010.01); H04B 1/7075 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/69 (2013.01); G01S 19/00 (2013.01); H04B 1/7075 (2013.01); H04B 7/18513 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01); H04B 2001/6904 (2013.01);
Abstract
A communications protocol in accordance with one exemplary embodiment uses information from GPS satellites to synchronize the phases of transmitters, and aligns the phase with a spreading code used to de-spread the received signals at, for example, a ground station.