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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2007
Douglas Burr, San Jose, CA (US);
Douglas Burr, San Jose, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A communications network () for maximizing bandwidth utilization. An embodiment of the invention comprises a spacecraft (), at least one gateway () communicatively coupled to the spacecraft () by a feeder link () operating within at least one selected frequency band within a bandwidth, at least one user terminal () communicatively coupled to the spacecraft () by a user link (), the user link () operable at any frequency band within the bandwidth without regard to polarization; and, the communications network () adapted to provide for simultaneous operation of at least a portion of the feeder link () and a portion of the user link () at a common polarization and frequency band within the bandwidth.