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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Erik Hershey, Saratoga, NY (US);
Irfan Ali, Schenectady, NY (US);
Naofal Mohammad Al-Dhahir, Schenectady, NY (US);
Gary Jude Saulnier, Saratoga, NY (US);
Robert Gordon Nelson, Ocean City, NJ (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370319 ; 370316 ; 370324 ; 370503 ;
Abstract
A single, simple but multi-moded protocol for implementation on different data transportation Low Earth Orbit (LEO) systems uses a Doppler-Based Multiple Access (DBMA) system to assign transmission times for responding transceivers. The Doppler frequency shift observed at the transceivers is used to control transmissions from them such that the system is at its maximum capacity limit at all times.