Telecommunications – Carrier wave repeater or relay system – Portable or mobile repeater
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-11
2006-04-11
Le, Lana (Department: 2685)
Telecommunications
Carrier wave repeater or relay system
Portable or mobile repeater
C455S431000, C455S427000, C455S013100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07027769
ABSTRACT:
A method for communicating and a communications system apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a communications platform and a gateway communicatively coupleable with a terrestrially-based network. The communications platform is disposed in a stratospheric location and transponds information between at least one of a plurality of user terminals and the gateway in essentially a bent pipe fashion. The method comprises the steps of receiving a first signal from the user terminal having an antenna in a stratospherically-based communication platform that maintains an apparent position relative to the user terminal within a beamwidth of a user terminal antenna and transponding the first signal from the stratospherically based communications platform to a gateway ground station.
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Chang Donald C. D.
Chang Ming U.
Lim Wah L.
Novak, III John I.
Rosen Harold A.
Grunebach Georgann S.
Le Lana
The DirecTV Group, Inc.
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