US 11,838,098 B2
Satellite communication system with high-ground elevation angle
Mikhail Kokorich, Payerne (CH); Raghunath Das, Gaithersburg, MD (US); Peter S Ruderman, San Francisco, CA (US); and Brian Adam Cooper, Round Mountain, CA (US)
Assigned to Rovial SAS, Paris (FR)
Filed by Rovial SAS, Paris (FR)
Filed on Jan. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/576,750.
Prior Publication US 2023/0231622 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04B 7/195 (2006.01); H04B 7/19 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 7/18539 (2013.01) [H04B 7/19 (2013.01); H04B 7/195 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
one or more antenna elements configured to receive wireless signals associated with one or more satellites and to provide corresponding electrical signals; and
an integrated circuit, coupled to the one or more antenna elements, configured to receive the electrical signals, wherein the electrical signals have carrier frequencies in a V band of frequencies or a W band of frequencies,
wherein the one or more satellites have eccentric geosynchronous or near-geosynchronous orbits that are inclined relative to an equatorial plane of the Earth, have ground tracks substantially along one or more continents, and are in view of first population regions in the one or more continents with a higher frequency than second population regions in the one or more continents, and
wherein a given antenna element in the one or more antenna elements has a magnitude of an elevation angle exceeding a predefined value and the electrical signals convey information at a data rate exceeding a second predefined value.