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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1996
Victor Hawes Cutler, Jr, Chandler, AZ (US);
Keith Andrew Olds, Mesa, AZ (US);
Gerald Joseph Davieau, Eldersburg, MD (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
The system (10) and method (100) adjust reuse units when nodes (e.g., satellites (20, 22)) move in a communication system (10), such as satellites (20,22) moving in their orbits around the earth in a space-based communication system (10). The method (100) and system (10) computes interference potentials between a reference reuse unit in a first reuse unit table of a first satellite (20) and reuse units being used in second reuse unit tables in second satellites (20) that are adjacent to the first satellite (20); and when the interference potentials is less than a predetermined threshold, then assigns the satellite a non-interfering reuse unit for the specific time interval.