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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2000
James F. Lockett, Houston, TX (US);
Sola Communications, Inc., Scott, LA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling uplink transmission power in a satellite communication system is disclosed. The satellite communication system includes a satellite and one or more earth stations, one of which serving as a control station. The satellite can receive uplink signals from any one of the earth stations and retransmits the uplink signals as downlink signals, along with a beacon signal. The control station measures the power of the downlink signals and the beacon signal received from the satellite, and also measures the noise power near the beacon signal. From these measurements, the control station determines an appropriate gain value of the power for uplink transmissions for each of the earth stations.