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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2013
Thomson Licensing, Issy de Moulineaux, FR;
Lincheng Xiu, Zionsville, IN (US);
THOMSON Licensing, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for processing satellite signals is provided. A switch receives an input signal having a predetermined frequency range, the predetermined frequency range including at least two frequency sub-bands. A first diplexer is connected to a first output of the switch and generates a first filtered signal including a first frequency sub-band and a second frequency sub-band and a second filtered signal including a third frequency sub-band. A second diplexer is connected to a second output of the switch and generates a third filtered signal including the first frequency sub-band and a fourth filtered signal including the second frequency sub-band. A controller activates the switch to operate between a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the switch provides the input signal to the first diplexer to generate the first and second filtered signals, the first diplexer provides the first filtered signal to the second diplexer to generate the third and fourth filtered signals from the first filtered signal, the second filtered signal being provided to the controller to derive a first type of data therefrom and the third and fourth filtered signals being provided to the controller to derive a second different type of data therefrom. In the second mode, the switch provides the input signal to the second diplexer to generate the third and fourth filtered signals from the input signal, the second diplexer provides the third and fourth input signal to the controller to derive the second different type of data therefrom.