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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1999
John E. Corrigan, III, Chevy Chase, MD (US);
Stanley E. Kay, Rockville, MD (US);
Daniel R. Wending, Bickerson, MD (US);
Mike S. Lohman, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Tariq Muhammad, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Hughes Electronics Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A radio, and related methods of radio communication, consisting of one or more signal formatters, wherein the one or more signal formatters format signals for transmission through the radio and the signals comprise a plurality of transport mode signals. The radio also includes a modem coupled to the one or more signal formatters for modulating the signals, a frequency converter coupled to the modem for upconverting the signals having been modulated to a radio frequency, and a transceiver unit coupled to the frequency converter for transmitting the signals having been upconverted over a radio communications link.