Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Zoned or cellular telephone system
Reexamination Certificate
2006-08-15
2006-08-15
Feild, Joseph (Department: 2617)
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Zoned or cellular telephone system
C455S552100, C455S427000, C455S013200, C455S426100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07092708
ABSTRACT:
The capacity of a terrestrial wireless communications system that uses a terrestrial frequency band for communications with wireless terminals is expanded by utilizing a satellite frequency band for terrestrially receiving terrestrial communications from the wireless terminals. Since the wireless terminals are configured to transmit communications to a space-based component such as a satellite via a satellite frequency band, these transmissions also may be picked up (received) terrestrially. Thus, terrestrial base stations can be equipped with satellite frequency band receivers that can receive communications from the wireless terminals over a satellite frequency band. By using the satellite frequency band receiver in a terrestrial base station, additional capacity and/or quality of service may be provided for a terrestrial and/or satellite communications system.
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ATC Technologies LLC
Feild Joseph
Myers Bigel & Sibley & Sajovec
Nguyen Huy D.
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