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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2000
Robert E. Vaughan, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Hughes Electronics Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining interference from a beam generated by a satellite includes the steps of determining a desired beam having a desired center location, a desired shape, a beam angle, and a predetermined frequency bandwidth comprising a plurality of frequencies. An acceptable interference is determined according to an acceptable side lobe signal strength. A beam squint pattern is determined that corresponds to each of the frequency widths. A beam squint boundary has an area substantially enclosing the beam squint pattern. The beam squint pattern has a center and a radius. A distance between centers is determined based upon the radii of the adjacent beams.