Patents Assigned to Intelsat US LLC
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Patent number: 11888569Abstract: A communication system for multiple-in-multiple-out (MIMO) communication with an aerial platform includes a service platform and a controller. The service platform includes plural first antennas in MIMO communication with plural second antennas on the aerial platform, a number of the first antennas being greater than a number of the second antennas. The controller is communicatively coupled to the first antennas, ands select a subset of the first antennas, based on information related to the aerial platform, and communicates plural data streams with the aerial platform via the subset of the first antennas that is selected.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: INTELSAT US LLCInventors: Salim M K Yaghmour, Samson Million
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Patent number: 11792661Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for increasing bandwidth efficiency in satellite communications. In some embodiments, a satellite communications method is provided that comprises receiving, at a satellite and from a plurality of user ground terminals, a plurality of source signals, wherein each of the source signals are modulated according to at least one source modulation method, and further receiving, at a satellite and from a plurality of user ground terminals, a plurality of information signals corresponding to the plurality of source signals. The method further includes combining, at the satellite, the plurality of source signals into a combined source signal with an overlapping bandwidth, wherein each of the source signals are further modulated according to at least one predetermined modulation method before they are combined, and transmitting, by a downlink transmission from the satellite to a gateway ground station, the combined source signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: INTELSAT US LLCInventors: Salim M K Yaghmour, Virgil Marvin Bernard Cannon
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Publication number: 20230074963Abstract: A satellite terminal satellite exchanges data with a 5G core network of a cellular wireless network by obtaining an internet protocol (IP) address using a router or switch and a gateway. The IP address is obtained using dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP). The router or switch and the gateway are positioned between a satellite teleport and the core network. The data is sent as packets with the IP address being the source address of the satellite terminal. As such, a legacy satellite terminal, with addition of a DHCP client, is able to access services of the 5G core network.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: INTELSAT US LLCInventors: Robert C. SAYE, Luis F. GRUESO TENORIO, Lance C. HASSAN
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Publication number: 20220394507Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for increasing bandwidth efficiency in satellite communications. In some embodiments, a satellite communications method is provided that comprises receiving, at a satellite and from a plurality of user ground terminals, a plurality of source signals, wherein each of the source signals are modulated according to at least one source modulation method, and further receiving, at a satellite and from a plurality of user ground terminals, a plurality of information signals corresponding to the plurality of source signals. The method further includes combining, at the satellite, the plurality of source signals into a combined source signal with an overlapping bandwidth, wherein each of the source signals are further modulated according to at least one predetermined modulation method before they are combined, and transmitting, by a downlink transmission from the satellite to a gateway ground station, the combined source signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: Intelsat US LLCInventors: Salim MK YAGHMOUR, Virgil Marvin Bernard CANNON
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Publication number: 20220158709Abstract: A communication system for multiple-in-multiple-out (MIMO) communication with an aerial platform includes a service platform and a controller. The service platform includes plural first antennas in MIMO communication with plural second antennas on the aerial platform, a number of the first antennas being greater than a number of the second antennas. The controller is communicatively coupled to the first antennas, ands select a subset of the first antennas, based on information related to the aerial platform, and communicates plural data streams with the aerial platform via the subset of the first antennas that is selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: INTELSAT US LLCInventors: Salim MK YAGHMOUR, Samson MILLION
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Patent number: 11317303Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for increasing bandwidth efficiency in satellite communications. In some embodiments, a satellite communications method is provided that comprises receiving, at a satellite and from a plurality of user ground terminals, a plurality of source signals, wherein each of the source signals are modulated according to at least one source modulation method, and further receiving, at a satellite and from a plurality of user ground terminals, a plurality of information signals corresponding to the plurality of source signals. The method further includes combining, at the satellite, the plurality of source signals into a combined source signal with an overlapping bandwidth, wherein each of the source signals are further modulated according to at least one predetermined modulation method before they are combined, and transmitting, by a downlink transmission from the satellite to a gateway ground station, the combined source signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: INTELSAT US LLCInventors: Salim M K Yaghmour, Virgil Marvin Bernard Cannon
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Patent number: 11122449Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for increasing bandwidth efficiency in satellite communications. In some embodiments, a satellite communications method is provided that comprises receiving, at a gateway ground station and as part of a downlink transmission from a satellite, a combined source signal comprising a plurality of source signals with an overlapping bandwidth, and extracting, from the downlink transmission, information specifying at least one predetermined modulation method. The method also includes generating, based on the at least one predetermined modulation method and from the combined source signal, a plurality of estimated waveforms corresponding to the plurality of source signals, separating, by signal cancellation and using the plurality of estimated waveforms, the plurality of source signals from the combined source signal, and routing, with a terrestrial network, the plurality of source signals to one or more user ground terminals.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Intelsat US LLCInventors: Salim MK Yaghmour, Virgil Marvin Bernard Cannon
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Publication number: 20210195440Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for increasing bandwidth efficiency in satellite communications. In some embodiments, a satellite communications method is provided that comprises receiving, at a satellite and from a plurality of user ground terminals, a plurality of source signals, wherein each of the source signals are modulated according to at least one source modulation method, and further receiving, at a satellite and from a plurality of user ground terminals, a plurality of information signals corresponding to the plurality of source signals. The method further includes combining, at the satellite, the plurality of source signals into a combined source signal with an overlapping bandwidth, wherein each of the source signals are further modulated according to at least one predetermined modulation method before they are combined, and transmitting, by a downlink transmission from the satellite to a gateway ground station, the combined source signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: Intelsat US LLCInventors: Salim MK YAGHMOUR, Virgil Marvin Bernard CANNON
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Patent number: 10917165Abstract: A base station is provided. The base station includes a base band unit and one or more remote radio heads, a satellite-based content delivery network (S-CDN) device, and a local serving gateway (LS-GW). The base station unit and the one or more remote radio heads wirelessly communicate with a user equipment. The S-CDN device receives and caches content from a satellite-based content delivery network. The LS-GW is connected to the S-CDN device and the base band unit. The LS-GW receives a request for content from the user equipment, determines whether the content is already stored in the S-CDN device, and when the content is already stored in the S-CDN device, delivers the content to the user equipment from the S-CDN device.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: INTELSAT US LLCInventors: Ken Takagi, Ruben Andres Calzadilla, Nene Fatoumata Diallo
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Patent number: 10904775Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for increasing bandwidth efficiency in satellite communications. In some embodiments, a satellite communications method is provided that comprises receiving, at a satellite and from a plurality of user ground terminals, a plurality of source signals, wherein each of the source signals are modulated according to at least one source modulation method, and further receiving, at a satellite and from a plurality of user ground terminals, a plurality of information signals corresponding to the plurality of source signals. The method further includes combining, at the satellite, the plurality of source signals into a combined source signal with an overlapping bandwidth, wherein each of the source signals are further modulated according to at least one predetermined modulation method before they are combined, and transmitting, by a downlink transmission from the satellite to a gateway ground station, the combined source signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Intelsat US LLCInventors: Salim M K Yaghmour, Virgil Marvin Bernard Cannon
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Patent number: 10708792Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for increasing bandwidth efficiency in satellite communications. In some embodiments, a satellite communications method is provided that comprises receiving, at a gateway ground station and as part of a downlink transmission from a satellite, a combined source signal comprising a plurality of source signals with an overlapping bandwidth, and extracting, from the downlink transmission, information specifying at least one predetermined modulation method. The method also includes generating, based on the at least one predetermined modulation method and from the combined source signal, a plurality of estimated waveforms corresponding to the plurality of source signals, separating, by signal cancellation and using the plurality of estimated waveforms, the plurality of source signals from the combined source signal, and routing, with a terrestrial network, the plurality of source signals to one or more user ground terminals.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Intelsat US LLCInventors: Salim MK Yaghmour, Virgil Marvin Bernard Cannon
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Publication number: 20200154289Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for increasing bandwidth efficiency in satellite communications. In some embodiments, a satellite communications method is provided that comprises receiving, at a satellite and from a plurality of user ground terminals, a plurality of source signals, wherein each of the source signals are modulated according to at least one source modulation method, and further receiving, at a satellite and from a plurality of user ground terminals, a plurality of information signals corresponding to the plurality of source signals. The method further includes combining, at the satellite, the plurality of source signals into a combined source signal with an overlapping bandwidth, wherein each of the source signals are further modulated according to at least one predetermined modulation method before they are combined, and transmitting, by a downlink transmission from the satellite to a gateway ground station, the combined source signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: Intelsat US LLCInventors: Salim MK YAGHMOUR, Virgil Marvin Bernard CANNON
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Patent number: 10554471Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for increasing bandwidth efficiency in satellite communications. In some embodiments, a satellite communications method is provided that comprises receiving, at a satellite and from a plurality of user ground terminals, a plurality of source signals, wherein each of the source signals are modulated according to at least one source modulation method, and further receiving, at a satellite and from a plurality of user ground terminals, a plurality of information signals corresponding to the plurality of source signals. The method further includes combining, at the satellite, the plurality of source signals into a combined source signal with an overlapping bandwidth, wherein each of the source signals are further modulated according to at least one predetermined modulation method before they are combined, and transmitting, by a downlink transmission from the satellite to a gateway ground station, the combined source signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Intelsat US LLCInventors: Salim M K Yaghmour, Virgil Marvin Bernard Cannon
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Publication number: 20190312768Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for increasing bandwidth efficiency in satellite communications. In some embodiments, a satellite communications method is provided that comprises receiving, at a satellite and from a plurality of user ground terminals, a plurality of source signals, wherein each of the source signals are modulated according to at least one source modulation method, and further receiving, at a satellite and from a plurality of user ground terminals, a plurality of information signals corresponding to the plurality of source signals. The method further includes combining, at the satellite, the plurality of source signals into a combined source signal with an overlapping bandwidth, wherein each of the source signals are further modulated according to at least one predetermined modulation method before they are combined, and transmitting, by a downlink transmission from the satellite to a gateway ground station, the combined source signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: Intelsat US LLCInventors: Salim MK YAGHMOUR, Virgil Marvin Bernard Cannon
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Patent number: 10382984Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for increasing bandwidth efficiency in satellite communications. In some embodiments, a satellite communications method is provided that comprises receiving, at a satellite and from a plurality of user ground terminals, a plurality of source signals, wherein each of the source signals are modulated according to at least one source modulation method, and further receiving, at a satellite and from a plurality of user ground terminals, a plurality of information signals corresponding to the plurality of source signals. The method further includes combining, at the satellite, the plurality of source signals into a combined source signal with an overlapping bandwidth, wherein each of the source signals are further modulated according to at least one predetermined modulation method before they are combined, and transmitting, by a downlink transmission from the satellite to a gateway ground station, the combined source signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Intelsat US LLCInventors: Salim M K Yaghmour, Virgil Marvin Bernard Cannon
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Publication number: 20190132750Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for increasing bandwidth efficiency in satellite communications. In some embodiments, a satellite communications method is provided that comprises receiving, at a satellite and from a plurality of user ground terminals, a plurality of source signals, wherein each of the source signals are modulated according to at least one source modulation method, and further receiving, at a satellite and from a plurality of user ground terminals, a plurality of information signals corresponding to the plurality of source signals. The method further includes combining, at the satellite, the plurality of source signals into a combined source signal with an overlapping bandwidth, wherein each of the source signals are further modulated according to at least one predetermined modulation method before they are combined, and transmitting, by a downlink transmission from the satellite to a gateway ground station, the combined source signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: Intelsat US LLCInventors: Salim MK Yaghmour, Virgil Marvin Bernard Cannon
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Publication number: 20190132181Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for increasing bandwidth efficiency in satellite communications. In some embodiments, a satellite communications method is provided that comprises receiving, at a gateway ground station and as part of a downlink transmission from a satellite, a combined source signal comprising a plurality of source signals with an overlapping bandwidth, and extracting, from the downlink transmission, information specifying at least one predetermined modulation method. The method also includes generating, based on the at least one predetermined modulation method and from the combined source signal, a plurality of estimated waveforms corresponding to the plurality of source signals, separating, by signal cancellation and using the plurality of estimated waveforms, the plurality of source signals from the combined source signal, and routing, with a terrestrial network, the plurality of source signals to one or more user ground terminals.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: Intelsat US LLCInventors: Salim MK YAGHMOUR, Virgil Marvin Bernard Cannon