Satellite Communication System, Transceiver Terminal, Main Transceiver, Methods, Computer Programs and Non-Volatile Data Carriers

• Main Authors: Erup, Lars, Lejnell, Kennet, Eriksson, Martin, Ellgardt, Anders, Rieder, Maria-Theresa
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 02.01.2024
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

A main transceiver communicates source data by contemporaneously transmitting and receiving data over first and second satellite links (L1; L2). A transceiver terminal receives and transmits data in an alternating and temporally non-overlapping manner such that it exclusively receives data during non-transmission intervals. The main transceiver applies a burst error cor- rection encoding scheme on first source data to be transmitted to the transceiver terminal to generate a first set of encoded da- ta. The main transceiver produces a first modulated and amplified signal based on the first set of encoded data; and transmits the first modulated and amplified signal to the transceiver terminal over the first satellite link (L1). The transceiver terminal re- ceives segments of the first modulated and amplified signal over the first satellite link (L1), and reconstructs the data contained in any non-received segments of the first modulated and amplified signal to thus derive a copy of the first source data. Here, the non-received segments arrived at the transceiver terminal during transmission intervals for the transceiver terminal, and the reconstruction is based on the received segments of the first modulated and amplified signal and the burst error correction encoding scheme. The transceiver terminal transmits data over the second satellite link (L2) in bursts and, may also implement a burst error correction scheme. The main transceiver may receive its transmissions and decode the received data as neces- sary.