Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, by a network device in a deterministic data network, one or more deterministic schedules for reaching a destination network device along one or more deterministic paths in the deterministic data network; generating, by the network device, a deterministic source-route path for reaching the destination network device based on the deterministic schedules allocated for the deterministic paths, the deterministic source-route path comprising, for each specified hop, a corresponding deterministic start time; and outputting, by the network device, a source routed deterministic packet comprising the deterministic source-route path for deterministic forwarding of the source routed deterministic packet to the destination network device.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method, includes: managing a first cell, obtaining resource scheduling information of a neighboring cell of the first cell in a first time interval, and determining an interference level of inter-cell interference of the first cell according to the obtained resource scheduling information; and measuring an inter-cell interference value of the first cell in a second time interval, and storing the measured inter-cell interference value of the first cell in the second time interval by using the interference level as an index, where the interference level is determined according to the resource scheduling information in the first time interval. Based on a stored correlation between an interference level and a real inter-cell interference value obtained by means of measurement, the first base station can quickly and accurately predict a future inter-cell interference value by determining an interference level of inter-cell interference.

Abstract: A dedicated control path architecture for systems of devices, such as stacking systems, is provided. In one embodiment, a network device for use in a system of devices can comprise a CPU complex; a first set of ports for establishing a data path between the network device and other network devices in the system of devices; and a second set of ports for establishing a control path between the network device and the other network devices in the system of devices. The control path can be separate from the data path and can allow the CPU complex to exchange control plane traffic with other CPU complexes resident in the other network devices.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed to synchronize wireless signal transmission by endpoints controlled by a central controller. For example, an example method of wireless communication includes receiving, at a first device, over a wired medium between the first device and a second device, a plurality of packets from the second device. Each of the plurality of packets comprises data representative of a portion of a signal corresponding to a wireless medium. The method further includes receiving, at the first device, from the second device over the wired medium a synchronization signal based on a common master clock at the second device. The method further includes synchronizing, at the first device, a local clock of the first device to the common master clock based on the synchronization signal. The method further includes reconstructing the signal corresponding to the wireless medium based on the plurality of packets and the synchronized local clock.

Abstract: A method of broadcasting data is disclosed. A plurality of broadcast data streams are received and divided into a plurality of frames. Each frame includes data from only one of the broadcast data streams. The frames can then be broadcast wirelessly.

Abstract: A method and system signal resource allocation information in an asymmetric multicarrier communication network. A MS communicates with a BS using asymmetric carriers consisting of at least one low frequency carrier (e.g., primary carriers) in a cellular band and at least one high frequency carrier (e.g., secondary carriers) in a millimeter Wave band. In one embodiment, the BS allocates resources for one or more transmit time intervals in at least one of DL allocation interval of a secondary DL carrier and UL allocation interval of a secondary UL carrier for the MS, where the DL allocation interval spans one or more subframes of the secondary DL carrier and the UL allocation interval spans one or more subframes of the secondary UL carrier. The BS then transmits information regarding the allocated resources to the MS in a Packet Data Control Channel region of a subframe of the primary DL carrier.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for performing carrier aggregation based on subframe configuration. It may be determined that conditions for a wireless device in communication with an access node meet a carrier aggregation criteria, wherein the access node and wireless device communicate using a first subframe configuration. Signal information may be received from the wireless device comprising received signal levels for a plurality of candidate secondary carriers. Subframe configurations used by the candidate secondary carriers to communicate with wireless devices may be retrieved. One or more of the plurality of candidate secondary carriers may be selected based on the received signal level information and the retrieved subframe configurations. And carrier aggregation may be activated such that the one or more selected secondary carriers are used to transmit downlink data to the wireless device.

Abstract: A method of transmitting association requests in a wireless sensor network includes transmitting an association request from a leaf node to an intermediate node. The method further includes transmitting the association request from the intermediate node during one of either a shared time slot or a dedicated time slot in response to at least one of the timing of dedicated time slots and data collision rates during shared time slots.

Abstract: During operation, an electronic device monitors data associated with different power states received from another electronic device via an interface circuit. Using the monitored data, the electronic device calculates a time duration that the other electronic device is in an active operating mode. Moreover, the electronic device determines power states of the other electronic device based on the calculated time duration and/or a time duration between times when data is received. Next, the electronic device calculates the power-consumption history of the other electronic device based on the determined power states and at least a model of power consumption in different power states of the other electronic device. By calculating the power-consumption history of the other electronic device, the electronic device may significantly improve the accuracy of a power-usage model for the other electronic device.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to decoupling uplink latency using common uplink (UL) burst in Time Division Duplex (TDD) sub-frame structure are disclosed. User equipment (UE) can transmit to a base station a common UL burst in each sub-frame communicated between UE and the base station, wherein he common UL burst comprises at least one of: a physical layer (PHY) acknowledgement (ACK), a scheduling request (SR), a buffer status report (BSR), or a sounding reference signal (SRS). UE can be further configured to transmit scheduled UL payload data in at least one common UL burst of at least one sub-frame communicated between the UE and the base station.

Abstract: In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate according to Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)—direct communication with neighboring wireless stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. In a NAN system, multiple NAN devices may operate in conjunction in the form of a NAN cluster to facilitate communications processes, and may be further organized into “NAN data clusters” within NAN clusters. NAN data clusters may use a common base channel to convey communications among member NAN devices. Embodiments herein provide mechanism by which a base channel may be determined, modified, and/or distributed among NAN devices operating in a NAN data cluster.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for allocating time-frequency resources for downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) communications between base stations and mobile stations. Different forms of resource allocation messages including combinations of bitmaps and bitfields provide additional information about the resources and/or how they are assigned. In some implementations the resource allocation messages enable reduced overhead, which may ultimately improve transmission rates and/or the quality of transmissions.

Abstract: A communication system is disclosed comprising a first base station operating a first cell and a second base station operating a second cell. The first base station determines that load should be offloaded from the first cell towards the second cell based on a comparison of respective measurement result of a first type obtained for the first and second cells. The first base station controls load balancing based on a second comparison of respective measurement result of a second type for each of the first and second cells, wherein a second condition, when met, indicates that the base station operating the second cell will not offload load to the first cell based on the respective measurement result of the second type for the first and second cells.

Abstract: A method for transmitting packet data units Packet Data Units (PDUs) at a PDU transmitter in a communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting a first PDU comprising a PDU header and a data portion, receiving Negative Acknowledgement NACK information for the first PDU, segmenting the first PDU to form one or more PDU segments if a size of a second PDU for retransmission is smaller than a size of the first PDU, wherein each of the one or more PDU segment comprises a PDU segment header and a data portion, and transmitting the one or more PDU segment to a PDU receiver.

Abstract: A method for providing sound to at least one user, in which audio signals are captured and transformed into audio data that is transmitted to at least one receiver unit; audio signals are generated from the received audio data and the hearing of the user(s) stimulated thereby; wherein the audio data is transmitted as audio data packets in separate slots of a TDMA frame structure, wherein the transmission unit and the receiver unit(s) are synchronized to form a wireless network, wherein each TDMA frame structure has at least one listening slot during which the synchronized network members do not transmit data and at least one network members listens, and wherein control data is transmitted from an external control device according to a sequence pattern selected according to the duration and periodicity of the listening slot(s) to be received by the at least one synchronized network member during said listening slot(s).

Abstract: A multiple-access transceiver handles communications with mobile stations in environments that exceed mobile station design assumptions without necessarily requiring modifications to the mobile stations. One such environment is in Earth orbit. The multiple-access transceiver is adapted to close communications with mobile stations while exceeding mobile station design assumptions, such as greater distance, greater relative motion and/or other conditions commonly found where functionality of a terrestrial transceiver is to be performed by an orbital transceiver.

Abstract: A satellite system comprises first and second devices, one of the first and second devices being a satellite and the other one of the first and second devices being a device arranged to send signals to the satellite. A session key can be distributed in the satellite system by obtaining the session key at the first device, protecting the session key at the first device, based on a private key of the first device and a public key of the second device, and transmitting the protected session key from the first device to the second device. Replay detection information can be transmitted with the protected session key, for determining whether the session key has been transmitted previously.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast-multicast single-frequency network measurement data, where second measurement data is acquired by preprocessing acquired first measurement data, and the second measurement data is sent to a base station. Because the second measurement data is obtained after the first measurement data is preprocessed, a size of the second measurement data is smaller than that of the first measurement data, thereby reducing a transmission overhead.

Abstract: Provided are a resource allocation method and a resource allocation device, which are used for a frequency division duplexing system. The resource allocation method comprises: setting a shared frequency band; and according to resource demands for an original uplink frequency band and an original downlink frequency band in a network service, allocating the shared frequency band to the original uplink frequency band and/or the original downlink frequency band.

Abstract: A system is disclosed comprising a transceiver, transcoder, memory, and a processor for receiving raw data, partitioning the raw data into substrings of predetermined length, assigning each substring to a corresponding predetermined frequency based upon a data set or first lookup table based on the substring's given pattern, and transmitting said frequency using an antenna. Embodiments include a compression component for receiving raw data as input, breaking the raw data into subsets of predetermined length, comparing the raw data to a second lookup table, the second lookup table comprising all possible bit patterns for a file of the length of the raw data, wherein the possible bit patterns are partitioned in n-bit partitions, the n-bit partitions having a corresponding assigned value, the values of which are assembled by a given function so as to produce a code for each possible bit pattern.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an interface and a control circuit. The interface may be configured to process read/write operations to/from a memory. The control circuit may be configured to create dependencies between a current bit in a sequence of data bits and neighboring bits in the sequence of data bits to generate mapped bits in response to a condition in a region of the memory being true, write the mapped bits among at least two memory cells in the region of the memory with at least two of the mapped bits stored in each of the memory cells, where the dependencies mitigate a hard error due to one of the at least two cells being stuck in a fixed state, and write the sequence of data bits in the region of the memory in response to the condition in the region of the memory being false.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for combining transponder bandwidths comprises a wide-band virtual transponder for transmitting a single data stream. The wide-band virtual transponder is comprised of a plurality of narrow-band physical transponders. A plurality of elementary streams are statistically multiplexed to create the single data stream, wherein the single data stream is forward error correction encoded and demultiplexed into a plurality of transponder streams for transmission by the plurality of physical transponders. The physical transponders each use a different portion of a signal spectrum, wherein the different portion may be guard bands or a combination of legacy bands and guard bands. Upon receipt, the transponder streams are multiplexed to recover the single data stream, wherein the recovered single data stream is forward error correction decoded and statistically demultiplexed to recover the plurality of elementary streams.

Abstract: A processing apparatus includes an FPGA unit connected to an oscillator configured to output a first clock, wherein the FPGA unit includes: a PLL circuit configured to output a second clock with a frequency of a predetermined ratio with respect to a frequency of the first clock and configured to output a lock signal (detection signal); an input and output monitoring unit configured to detect a ratio between the frequencies of the first clock and the second clock, compare the detected ratio with the predetermined ratio, and output an abnormal signal when the detected ratio does not coincide with the predetermined ratio; and an initialization unit configured to output a reset signal when the input and output monitoring unit outputs the abnormal signal and configured to output the reset signal when the PLL circuit outputs the lock signal.

Abstract: The invention introduces a method and an apparatus for fast recovery. The fast recovery method comprises: evaluating data download qualities of non-current RATs (Radio Access Technologies) to obtain a candidate RAT list; determining whether a PS (Packet Service) download quality of a current RAT becomes worse; and if the PS download quality of the current RAT becomes worse, selecting one RAT from the candidate RAT list and switching to the selected RAT. The method and the apparatus for fast recovery introduced by the invention realize the seamless RAT switch and maintain the continuous data transmission.

Abstract: User experience is enhanced for Internet Protocol Multimedia Core Network Subsystem (IMS) based rich communication services in telecommunication environments. A system receives, from a user equipment, a session initiation protocol invitation packet to commence a communication session, and as a function of the session initiation protocol invitation packet, displays an access network technology type used by the user equipment to access a network device associated with a multiple access communication network.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus of transmitting a sounding reference signal by a user equipment is provided. A user equipment transmits a first sounding reference signal through a first antenna, and transmits a second sounding reference signal through a second antenna. Resources for transmitting the first sounding reference signal and the second sounding reference signal are partially different.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) by a terminal in a wireless communication system. The UCI transmission method comprises the steps of: generating an encoding information bit stream by performing channel coding for a UCI bit stream; generating complex modulation symbols by performing modulation for the generated encoding information bit stream; spreading the complex modulation symbols in block-wise on the basis of an orthogonal sequence; and transmitting the spread complex modulation symbols to a base station. The encoding information bit stream is generated by a channel coding for circularly repeating the UCI bit stream.

Abstract: The present application discloses a resource determining method and apparatus, which relates to the communications field and can reduce co-channel interference between systems of different standards that share a wireless spectrum resource. The method includes: acquiring relationship information of interference imposed on a first cell by a second cell, where the relationship information of interference is used to indicate interference imposed on the first cell by the second cell in a time-frequency domain, and the second cell and the first cell have different standards; and determining time-frequency resource information of the second cell according to the relationship information of interference, where the time-frequency resource information of the second cell is used for the second cell to perform time-frequency resource allocation.

Abstract: Systems and methods for capturing media content in accordance with viewer expression are disclosed. In some implementations, a method is performed at a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors. The method includes: (1) while a media content item is being presented to a user, capturing a momentary reaction of the user; (2) comparing the captured user reaction with one or more previously captured reactions of the user; (3) identifying the user reaction as one of a plurality of reaction types based on the comparison; (4) identifying the portion of the media content item corresponding to the momentary reaction; and (5) storing an association between the identified user reaction and the portion of the media content item.

Abstract: A method is described for operating a device in a wireless communication system. The device communicates with a base station using a subframe for the device only; detects, by the device, a problem with a connection between the device and the base station. The device starts a timer upon detecting the problem with the connection between the device and the base station. The device releases a restriction of using the subframe for the device only, if the timer expires. The problem with the connection between the device and the base station is associated with a radio link failure. The detection of a problem with the connection between the device and the base station comprises detecting consecutive out-of-sync indications.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for accessing a contention-based uplink random access channel (RACH) in a single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) system are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) randomly selects a RACH subchannel and a signature among a plurality of available RACH subchannels and signatures. The WTRU transmits a preamble using the selected signature via the selected RACH subchannel at a predetermined or computed transmission power. A base station monitors the RACH to detect the preamble and sends an acquisition indicator (AI) to the WTRU when a signature is detected on the RACH. When receiving a positive acknowledgement, the WTRU sends a message part to the base station. If receiving a negative acknowledgement or no response, the WTRU retransmits the preamble.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for testing synchronization of transmission between systems operating at different clock rates. The apparatus includes a transmitting unit configured to operate at a first clock rate, and a receiving unit configured to operate at a second clock rate that is different from the first clock rate. A compensation circuit receives a second clock rate from a frequency generating system, and synchronizes the data transmitted by the transmitting unit with the second clock rate. The synchronized data is then transmitted to the receiving unit.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for receiving a downlink frame in a wireless LAN are disclosed. The method and apparatus for receiving a downlink frame in a wireless LAN may comprises the steps of: an STA receiving from an AP a downlink frame via a downlink dedicated channel; and the STA transmitting to the AP a response frame related to the downlink frame via the downlink dedicated channel. The downlink dedicated channel allows transmission only of a contention-free downlink frame by the AP and a response frame by the STA, and restricts transmission of an independent uplink frame by the STA, wherein the independent uplink frame may be an uplink frame other than a response frame among uplink frames that are transmitted from the STA to the AP.

Abstract: Systems and methods of performing end-to-end QoS control during the access of Wi-Fi-enabled communications devices to remote networks. The systems and methods employ a bandwidth manager, a policy server, a near-end gateway located within a Wi-Fi network, and a far-end gateway located within a service provider network. Throughout the duration of a call placed by a wireless device user using a Wi-Fi-enabled communications device, the bandwidth manager can have access to service profiles stored in a database of the policy server for use in monitoring levels of bandwidth usage, for tunneled and/or local breakout traffic, at least at the near-end gateway to the service provider network and at the far-end gateway to a remote network, and performing end-to-end QoS control by dynamically making adjustments, as needed, to one or more service profiles at least at the near-end gateway and/or at the far-end gateway based on the monitored bandwidth usage levels.

Abstract: A network device includes one or more ports coupled to a network, and a time synchronization module. The time synchronization module processes (i) respective path information, and (ii) respective time synchronization information included in each of at least some of a plurality of time synchronization packets received from a master clock device over two or more different communication paths and via at least one of the one or more ports, wherein the respective path information indicates a respective communication path in the network via which the respective time synchronization packet was received. The time synchronization module determines a system time clock responsive to the processing of the path information and the time synchronization information included in the at least some of the plurality of time synchronization packets.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for sending positional information from transmitters/beacons. In one implementation a transmitter generates a range block including a ranging signal and a hybrid block including positioning data, and sends the range block and hybrid block at different times. A user device may receive signals from a plurality of transmitters and generates position/location information using trilateration and measured altitude information in comparison with transmitter altitude information.

Abstract: A method and system for managing handover from a first radio access network to second radio access network is provided. The method includes receiving information associated with one or more neighboring cells from a User Equipment (UE). The information associated with the one or more neighboring cell is measurement reports. Thereafter, the method deciding to perform Handover (HO) based on the measurement reports for the UE from the first radio access network to the second radio access network. Further, the method identifies a target cell from the one or more neighboring cells. The method then determines target cell capabilities. Thereby, the method sends at least one of a handover required message and a relocation required message along with the target cell capabilities to a core network element. The core network element then manages voice bearers and non-voice bearers based on the target cell capabilities.

Abstract: The data are communicated from a transmitter to a receiver in a wireless communications network. Data symbols are modulated using a coded modulation to produce modulated symbols and the modulated symbols are precoded using a precoder matrix to produce precoded symbols. The precoder matrix is formed using a rotation matrix including phase angles for at least some elements of the rotation matrix with values determined according to a parametric function of indices of the elements storing the phase angles. Next, the data packets are formed using the precoded symbols and the data packets are transmitted over the wireless network. Multi-stage parametric phase precoding provides full-diversity and full-rate transmissions by using fast-transformable unitary matrices and deterministic diagonal phase rotation, whose phase angles are pre-determined to minimize the union bound for time-selective and frequency-selective fading channels.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting the failure of a precision time source using an independent time source are disclosed. Additionally, detecting the failure of a GNSS based precision time source based on a calculated location of a GNSS receiver is disclosed. Moreover, the system may be further configured to distribute a time derived from the precision time source as a precision time reference to time dependent devices. In the event of a failure of the precision time source, the system may be configured to distribute a time derived from a second precision time source as the precision time signal during a holdover period.

Abstract: In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there are provided methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing a streaming platform IO pump and regulator including, for example, means for executing an application at the computing device; requesting data for the application from a second computing device communicably interfaced with the first computing device via a public Internet; calculating an estimated arrival time for the data to be returned from the second computing device; determining the data fails to arrive within the estimated arrival time calculated; initiating a new connection to the second computing device; and re-sending the request for the data for the application to the second computing device via the new connection. Other related embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Methods and systems for transferring a high-speed data signal between more than two electronic devices within a system comprising a master device and a plurality of slave devices are presented. The master device and the plurality of slave devices are connected through high-speed links between high-speed interfaces, thereby forming a closed ring. The high-speed interfaces are comprised by the master device and each of the plurality of slave devices, respectively. A common low frequency clock signal is provided by the master device to each of the slave devices, and a high-speed interface communication method for communication between the master device and the plurality of slave devices through the high-speed links is used.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to payload storage format for storing data in support of an aggregation function. As an input is subject to aggregation, the input is evaluated to ascertain a payload format for the aggregation. It is understood that there is more than one payload format. An evaluation of the aggregation key is a factor in the initial payload format. If the key is an addition to an existing aggregation, the evaluation considers changing the format of the payload to address processing and/or memory efficiency for the aggregation. The evaluation and the format change takes place dynamically so that the aggregation may continue.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a method and apparatus for configuring a table of a network apparatus in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) time division duplexing (TDD) communication system. In one of the exemplary embodiments, the method would include identifying, from UL HARQ reference configurations and DL HARQ reference configurations, valid combinations that are compatible with an eIMTA relay; obtaining, for each of the valid combinations of the UL HARQ reference configurations and the DL HARQ reference configurations, a set of valid UL-DL subframe configuration that is compatible with the eIMTA relay; and obtaining, for each of the valid combinations of the UL HARQ reference configurations and the DL HARQ reference configurations, a set of valid SubframeConfigurationTDD that is compatible with the eIMTA relay.

Abstract: Techniques for multiplexing and transmitting multiple data streams are described. Transmission of the multiple data streams occurs in “super-frames”. Each super-frame has a predetermined time duration and is further divided into multiple (e.g., four) frames. Each data block for each data stream is outer encoded to generate a corresponding code block. Each code block is partitioned into multiple subblocks, and each data packet in each code block is inner encoded and modulated to generate modulation symbols for the packet. The multiple subblocks for each code block are transmitted in the multiple frames of the same super-frame, one subblock per frame. Each data stream is allocated a number of transmission units in each super-frame and is assigned specific transmission units to achieve efficient packing. A wireless device can select and receive individual data streams.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first receiving unit that receives authentication information from software that functions as a web client through a first communication path using a first communication protocol; a transmitting unit that, if authentication using the received authentication information is successful, permits communication through the first communication path, and transmits access permission information to the software through the first communication path; a second receiving unit that receives an establishment request for a second communication path using a second communication protocol different from the first communication protocol, from the software; and an establishing unit that, if the transmitted access permission information is included in the received establishment request, establishes the second communication path to the software.

Abstract: A network management method comprises configuring network domains (NDs) of a host communications network (HCN). Each ND provides a virtual network (VN) provisioned within the HCN for an enterprise customer, which forms a virtual communications subnetwork from which the enterprise customer provisions communications services. The HCN provides bandwidth over outroute and inroute channels of the HCN for the VNs. Outroute partitions are configured via outroute channels of the HCN and inroute partitions are configured via inroute channel groups configured within inroute channels of the HCN. Each outroute partition supports outroute bandwidth and each inroute partition supports inroute bandwidth. The outroute capacity partitions and the inroute capacity partitions are allocated to VNs to provide outroute and inroute capacity to the VN. Operator classifications are configured within the ND associated with the VC.

Abstract: A carrier sense unit (121) of a PHS base station (12) periodically carrier-senses nearby radio waves and monitors whether radio wave interferences with a communication channel to be used for communication with a PHS terminal (13) is occurring. A communication channel management unit (122) ranks communication channels to be used for communication with the PHS terminal (13) based on a monitoring result by the carrier sense unit (121). When a request for acquiring or a request for switching to a communication channel to be used for communication with the PHS terminal (13) is made, a communication channel switching control unit (123) preferentially selects and allocates a communication channel ranked high as a communication channel where radio wave interference is not occurring from among usable communication channels ranked and managed by the communication channel management unit (122).

Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission control method of a set of transmitter/receiver systems of a local network comprising N transmitter/receiver systems wishing to transmit at least one data packet via the wireless local network, each transmitter/receiver system wishing to transmit said at least one data packet after a contention period during which a transmitter/receiver is or is not authorized to transmit the data packet of said transmitter/receiver, the method being characterized in that the contention period is broken down into R consecutive contention windows where R?1, each contention window being broken down into K intervals of equal duration ? followed by an interval of duration ?, each contention window corresponding to a round r of contention; and in that the method comprises a step of determining the number K of intervals and the number R of contention windows, on the basis of the number N of transmitter/receiver systems wishing to transmit at least one data packet via the wireless local networ

Abstract: A space-based electronic data storage and transfer network system is disclosed. The network system includes terrestrial access points, a plurality of geostationary communications satellites, and a plurality of communicatively coupled low-earth orbit data storage satellites. The terrestrial access point establishes a link or communication with a geostationary communications satellite which relays the link or communication to a low-earth orbit data storage satellite for storing information contained within the link or communication. The terrestrial access point can also establish a link or communication with a geostationary communications satellite which relays the link or communication to a low-earth orbit data storage satellite requesting retrieval of information stored within the link or communication. Any low-earth orbit data storage satellite can access data from any other low-earth orbit data storage satellite through the communicative coupling.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for canceling a blocking signal to obtain a desired signal. An example process includes receiving both a blocking signal and a set of blocking bits corresponding to a demodulation of the blocking signal. A remodulated blocking signal is generated by modulating the received set of blocking bits. The remodulated blocking signal is passed through a blocking-band bandpass filter to generate an estimated blocking signal, and is also passed through a desired-band bandpass filter to generate an unconditioned reference signal. One or more signal-parameter differences between the blocking signal and the estimated blocking signal are identified, and one or more signal compensations are accordingly applied to the unconditioned reference signal to generate a conditioned reference signal, which is then output to a blocking-signal-canceling system.