A method and system for sharing frequency spectrum with multiple networks includes selecting a first geographical coverage area served by a first base station associated with a first network. The first base station is configured to utilize a predetermined frequency spectrum. A second base station, associated with a different network, that is operating within the first geographical coverage area is identified. Frequency resources from the predetermined are subsequently allocated to the second base station.

A method and system for providing GTP acceleration for secure cellular backhaul over satellite (CBoS). A satellite terminal receives request from a first entity to establish a security association with a second entity, and establishes a first secure tunnel to a gateway. A second secure tunnel is then established between the gateway and the second entity based on a certificate belonging to the first entity. A third secure tunnel is established between the satellite terminal and the first entity based on a certificate belonging to the second entity. The contents of encrypted traffic between the first entity and the second entity are examined so that GTP acceleration may be applied to eligible traffic transmitted over the first secure tunnel.

A communication system is described. The system includes: at least one gateway able to provide broadband connectivity, a set of ground terminals, and a set of high altitude platforms (HAPs), where at least one aerial platform is able to communicate with at least one gateway using radio frequencies, each HAP is able to communicate with ground terminals using radio frequencies, and each HAP is able to communicate with each other HAP using radio frequencies. Ways to handoff a ground terminal/gateway from one HAP beam to another HAP beam are described. Ways to handoff a ground terminal/gateway from one HAP to another HAP are described. Ways that keep the communications payload radios active when there is data traffic and put the radios in sleep mode otherwise, thereby adjusting the communications payload power consumption to the data traffic requirements as a function of time and coverage area, are described.

Methods of allocating C-band resources are provided. The method includes determining first C-band resources used for a Fixed Satellite Service (FSS), and determining an allocation of second C-band resources for a terrestrial Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) network based on both channel state information associated with the terrestrial BWA network and the first C-band resources used for the FSS. Related wireless electronic devices, and computer program products are also provided.

Systems and method are disclosed and among these is a method for mitigation of interference local to remote terminals, and it can include detecting reception of a packet having one of the remote terminals as a destination terminal and, in response, selecting a sub-carrier among the sub-carriers that are not identified as receiving local interference at the destination terminal, and loading, into a queue for the selected sub-carrier, a coded data from which a content of the packet can be derived, and transmitting the queued coded data on the selected sub-carrier. Among disclosed features is a receiving of an interference report that carries an information indicative of a new local interference and, in response, updating the data identifying sub-carriers having local interference at the destination terminal.

The integrated platform formed comprises one or more nanosatellites (1), each of which includes at least one sensor module (1.1) bidirectionally coupled to an on-board computer (1.2), which in turn is bidirectionally coupled to at least one communication module (1.3) bidirectionally coupled to at least one communication antenna (1.4). Each communication antenna (1.4) is coupled to at least one ground antenna (2.1) bidirectionally coupled to at least one telecommunication equipment unit (2.2) of one or more ground stations (2). Each of the ground stations (2) is bidirectionally connected to a control server (3) bidirectionally connected to a database (4), which in turn is bidirectionally connected to a market portal server (5), a developer portal server (6) and an application server (7). The control server (3), the market portal server (5), the developer portal server (6) and the application server (7) are bidirectionally connected to client stations (8.1, 8.2, 8.3 and 8.4).

Interplanetary networks for space internet and space positioning are presented. The described networks deploy spacecraft swarms along the solar system to form a science and communications platform. The disclosed network nodes are placed around planetary Lagrange points. Creation of optical synthetic apertures using smallsat swarms for inter- and intranet communications is further described. Exemplary subnetworks such as the cislunar network are also presented.

Techniques are described for demodulating burst communications, such as for demodulating satellite beam-hopping communications in a demodulator of a very small aperture terminal (VSAT) satellite receiver. The demodulator includes a front-end and a sample/symbol domain processor. The front-end is configured to selectively operate in either of an adaptive mode or a freeze mode. During demodulation, the sample/symbol domain processor detects start of superframe (SOSF) and end of superframe (EOSF) locations to determine where each dwell time and non-dwell time begins and ends. During at least a portion or each dwell time, the front-end is set to operate in adaptive mode, in which the front-end uses feedback control from the sample/symbol domain processor to continuously adapt to timing and frequency of the received burst transmission. During at least the duration of each non-dwell time, the front-end is set to operate in freeze mode, in which adaptation of the front-end is frozen.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for a splitting backhaul traffic over multiple satellites. In some implementations, a system includes a two satellite terminals, each configured to communicate over a different satellite network connection. The two satellite network connections involve different terrestrial satellite gateways and may involve different satellites. The system includes a communication subsystem that is configured to use the satellite network connections as backhaul links for one or more wireless base stations, and to split traffic among the satellite network connections according to the category of traffic. For example, the communication subsystem is configured to split traffic among the two satellite network connections such that (i) a first category of traffic is provided over the first satellite network connection and (ii) a second category of traffic is provided over the second satellite network connection.

Disclosed embodiments relate satellites using a Software-Defined Radio (SDR) system. In one example, a geostationary (GEO) satellite includes an antenna system including multiple antennas, each configured to provide a spot beam having an adjustable throughput for a terrestrial coverage area while the antenna is in an active state and the satellite is in orbit above the Earth, a front-end subsystem communicatively coupled to the antenna system having an input side including an input filter and an analog-to-digital converter, and an output side including an output filter and a digital-to-analog converter, and a software defined radio (SDR) communicatively coupled to the antenna system via the front-end subsystem. The SDR, in response to a surge modification request, modifies a throughput of each active antenna by increasing or decreasing a share of a satellite power budget allotted to the antenna by deactivating or activating a previously active or previously inactive antenna, respectively.