Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Zoned or cellular telephone system
Patent
1997-08-22
1999-10-26
Vo, Nguyen
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Zoned or cellular telephone system
455432, H04Q 720
Patent
active
059743140
ABSTRACT:
A satellite (S/C) cellular commsystem includes user terminals (UT) for transmitting to, & receiving signals from the S/C, and includes gateways for transmitting to the S/C. The gateways receive and distribute signals from the S/C. Each gateway identifies itself to a UT with which it communicates by use of a unique location area identity signal, including codes representing (a) the gateway residence country, (b) the system with which the gateway is associated, and (c) the antenna beam on which service is provided. A network controller (NC 18) transmits location area identity codes, representing (a) the identity of the S/C communication system, to distinguish it from other S/C communication systems which may serve the same region, (b) the satellite carrying the control signal, and (c) the particular antenna beam on which the control signal is transmitted. The UTs include memories for storing the location area identity signals, and further include a comparator system for comparing the identity signals received from the NCC with the stored identity signals. If they are the same, no update is required. If they are different, the UT requests access from the NCC. Upon receiving access, the UT transmits to a gateway the current location area identity, and also updates its own memory, so that at the next turn-on the UT is likely to find that the codes match, and no update is required.
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Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meise W. H.
Vo Nguyen
Woldetatios Yemane
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