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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Neosat Gmbh, Neubiberg, DE;
Inventors:
Andreas Knopp, Bad Elster, DE;
Christian Hofmann, Munich, DE;
Robert Schwarz, Haar, DE;
Stephan Winter, Schondorf am Ammersee, DE;
Matthias Schraml, Thumsenreuth, DE;
Assignee:
NEOSAT GMBH, Neubiberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04L 27/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/18515 (2013.01); H04L 27/362 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a satellite communications system comprising a satellite with a spatial digital modulator for transmitting an incoming bit stream in multiple beams, wherein the spatial digital modulator is configured to generate transmit symbols by dividing the incoming bit stream into symbols of a symbol alphabet and to allocate each transmit symbol to a specific beam. The invention further relates to a method for transmitting a bit stream by such a satellite communications system.