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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1999
David A. Wright, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Donald C. Wilcoxson, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
A load shedding method and apparatus to enhance uplink margin between a terrestrial terminal (,) and a satellite (,) in a satellite based communications system (,) is provided. The terrestrial terminal (,) includes a multi-carrier network (,) that generates a plurality of uplink carrier channels. A RF transmit and receive system (,) transmits the plurality of uplink carrier channels to the satellite (,). A terminal control unit (,) determines an attenuation level on the plurality of uplink carrier channels transmitted to the satellite (,). The terminal control unit (,) also instructs the multi-carrier network (,) to increase or decrease the number of uplink carrier channels to be transmitted to the satellite.