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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2002
Steven Bouchired, Tournefeuille, FR;
Christian Combe, Colomiers, FR;
Olivier Courseille, Auzeville, FR;
Michel-guy Francon, Toulouse, FR;
Christophe Nussli, Toulouse, FR;
Steven Bouchired, Tournefeuille, FR;
Christian Combe, Colomiers, FR;
Olivier Courseille, Auzeville, FR;
Michel-Guy Francon, Toulouse, FR;
Christophe Nussli, Toulouse, FR;
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Abstract
System and method for use in a hybrid multispot satellite broadcasting system comprising at least one satellite (S; S; S) for multibeam broadcasting of beams in respective frequency bandwidths (F; F; F), the system further comprising a plurality of terrestrial repeater (R; R; R) for receiving, processing and re-transmitting said beams in a frequency bandwidth which is different from that of the bandwidth of the beam received. Each terrestrial repeater (R; R; R) re-uses for terrestrial re-transmission a combination of bandwidths corresponding to different beams broadcast from said satellite to different beams.