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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1998
Scott A. Stephens, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Terrence R. Smigla, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
TRW Inc., Redonda Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
A time division multiplex (TDM) communication system ( ) for broadcasting to users. The TDM communication system ( ) includes a first transmitter ( ) which broadcasts a first signal into a first coverage area ( ) and a second transmitter ( ) which broadcasts a second signal into a second coverage area ( ) which at least partially overlaps said first coverage area ( ). The first transmitter ( ) is allocated a first TDM time block ( ) having a first guard time ( ) and the second transmitter ( ) is allocated a second TDM time block ( ) having a second guard time ( ). The first ( ) and second time blocks ( ) form at least a portion of a TDM repeat interval such that the first transmitter ( ) broadcasts the first signal during the first TDM time block ( ) and the second transmitter ( ) broadcasts the second signal during the second TDM time block ( ).