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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1996
Luigi Bella, Noordwijk-aan-Zee, NL;
Agence Spatiale Europeenne, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The invention concerns a method and a system for transmitting radio signals between a fixed terrestrial station and mobile user terminals via a network of satellites in inclined circular orbits having a radius less than that of geostationary orbits. The beams generated are divided into pencil beams each associated with a continuous sub-band of frequencies in increasing frequency or decreasing frequency order. The instantaneous transmission frequency is offset progressively during the call towards the frequency subband of the adjacent pencil beam, at a rate proportional to the orbital rotation speed, to enable switching between pencil beams or between satellites. Applications include transmission via satellites in non-geostationary orbit.