US 12,244,401 B2
Method and apparatus for handling communications between spacecraft operating in an orbital environment and terrestrial telecommunications devices that use terrestrial base station communications
Tyghe Robert Speidel, Washington, DC (US); and Andrew J. Gerber, Darnestown, MD (US)
Assigned to Lynk Global, Inc., Falls Church, VA (US)
Filed by Lynk Global, Inc., Falls Church, VA (US)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/542,138.
Application 18/542,138 is a continuation of application No. 18/159,044, filed on Jan. 24, 2023, granted, now 11,876,601.
Application 18/159,044 is a continuation of application No. 17/234,673, filed on Apr. 19, 2021, granted, now 11,595,114, issued on Feb. 28, 2023.
Application 17/234,673 is a continuation of application No. 16/721,012, filed on Dec. 19, 2019, granted, now 10,985,834, issued on Apr. 20, 2021.
Application 16/721,012 is a continuation of application No. 16/103,719, filed on Aug. 14, 2018, granted, now 10,523,313, issued on Dec. 31, 2019.
Application 16/103,719 is a continuation of application No. 15/916,909, filed on Mar. 9, 2018, granted, now 10,084,535, issued on Sep. 25, 2018.
Application 15/916,909 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/857,073, filed on Dec. 28, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/490,298, filed on Apr. 26, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0137112 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04B 7/01 (2006.01); H04B 7/212 (2006.01); H04W 84/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04B 7/18532 (2013.01) [H04B 7/01 (2013.01); H04B 7/18508 (2013.01); H04B 7/18543 (2013.01); H04B 7/2125 (2013.01); H04W 84/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for reconfiguring one or more communication channels of a communication channel allocation scheme of a multiple-access base station, wherein the communication channels are for transmitting one or more signals, wherein the one or more signals are transmitted between the multiple-access base station and terrestrial mobile stations of a plurality of terrestrial mobile stations, the multiple-access base station having one or more transceiver that handles communication with the plurality of terrestrial mobile stations, and wherein the one or more signals are affected by a delay due to an orbital path of the communication channels and/or affected by a Doppler shift due to a motion of an orbital component of the communication channels, the method comprising:
(a) reconfiguring the one or more communication channels of the communication channel allocation scheme into reconfigured communication channels, based at least on the delay and/or the Doppler shift;
(b) reconfiguring a transceiver associated with the one or more communication channels of the communication channel allocation scheme by altering a timeslot synchronization offset associated with a signal transmission timeslot;
(c) updating a configured frequency offset for receiving and transmitting signals of the transceiver associated with the one or more communication channels of the communication channel allocation scheme; and
(d) remapping the reconfigured communication channels in the communication channel allocation scheme.