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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2020
Hughes Network Systems, Llc, Germantown, MD (US);
Stanley Edward Kay, Rockville, MD (US);
Neal David Becker, Olney, MD (US);
Lin-Nan Lee, Potomac, MD (US);
Hughes Network Systems, LLC, Germantown, MD (US);
Abstract
Techniques for data transmission include a geostationary earth orbiting satellite that includes a first optical communication system configured to receive forward-direction user data via a forward optical link between the satellite and a stratospheric high-altitude communication device, and a first radio frequency (RF) communication system configured to transmit, via a plurality of RF spot beams, the forward-direction user data. The stratospheric high-altitude communication device includes a second RF communication system configured to receive the forward-direction user data via a plurality of concurrent forward RF feeder links, and a second optical communication system configured to transmit to the satellite, via the forward optical link, the forward-direction user data received via the plurality of forward RF feeder links. A substantial portion of forward feeder data throughput for all forward RF service link transmissions by the satellite is carried via the forward optical link and the plurality of forward RF feeder links.