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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Eutelsat S a, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Sonya Amos, Paris, FR;
Hector Fenech, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;
Assignee:
EUTELSAT S A, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 16/26 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 72/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/18582 (2013.01); H04B 7/18519 (2013.01); H04L 5/0044 (2013.01); H04W 16/26 (2013.01); H04W 72/0473 (2013.01); H04W 72/082 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible payload for a satellite includes a main uplink antenna device configured to receive at least a main uplink signal over a main coverage area; a reconfigurable uplink antenna device configured to receive a complementary uplink signal over a complementary coverage area; a command device configured to define the complementary coverage area of the reconfigurable uplink antenna device, and an agile converting device configured to generate a spectral hole in the bandwidth of the main uplink signal.