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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2024
Hughes Network Systems, Llc, Germantown, MD (US);
Stanley Kay, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Lin-Nan Lee, Potomac, MD (US);
Victor Liau, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Liping Chen, Bethesda, MD (US);
Hughes Network Systems, LLC, Germantown, MD (US);
Abstract
Techniques are described herein for non-terrestrial network (NTN) communications via one or more transparent-mode non-geosynchronous (NGSO) satellites. Embodiments extend a terrestrial wireless network (TWN), such as 5G NR, for use with the satellites. Analog feeder uplink and downlink waveforms are formatted to carry forward and return direct-to-device (DtD) signals over respective subchannel channels, and the subchannels can be assigned with time and frequency dimensions that are compatible with resource block assignments of the TWN protocols. Use of the analog subchannels and time-division multiplexing with beam-hopping facilitates satellite communication of the DtD signals effectively as an extension of the TWN. Embodiments also support communication of satellite control signals as part of the analog feeder uplink waveform, and inter-satellite link (ISL) routing and communication on-board the satellite.