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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Irwin Balter, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Dennis Gottman, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Bret Michael Botzong, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
John M. Sullivan, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/715 (2011.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/715 (2013.01); H04B 7/18513 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for processing a signal is present. Information is carried in a frequency hopping signal. The frequency hopping signal is sent to a gateway in a communications network through a satellite. The frequency hopping signal is unprocessed by the satellite to identify the information in the frequency hopping signal.