Combined global/spot beam configuration for satellite communications
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Sep 19, 1989
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Jun 14, 1988
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In antenna arrays having normally unexcited or little-excited elements, a technique for configuring the array to provide both global and spot beam coverage, wherein the normally unexcited or little-excited elements are excited at a higher level, together with other normally excited elements to provide spot beam coverage, the normally unexcited elements being left unexcited to provide global beam coverage. Ring redundancy configurations for amplifiers in a transponder provided in the configuration are optimized to minimize additional hardware requirements. The specific example of the INMARSAT II satellite system is discussed.
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