US5943324A

Title

Methods and apparatus for mobile station to mobile station communications in a mobile satellite communication system

Application Number:

US19980059045

Publication Date:

24-08-1999

Current Assignee:

Family ID:

Application Date:

13-04-1998

Declaring Company:

Publication Country:

US

Priority Date:

11-01-1994

Title

Methods and apparatus for mobile station to mobile station communications in a mobile satellite communication system

Application Number:

US19980059045

Family ID:

Publication Country:

US

Publication Date:

24-08-1999

Application Date:

13-04-1998

Priority Date:

11-01-1994

Current Assignee:

Declaring Company:

Abstract  Abstract

Methods and apparatus for mobile station to mobile station communications in a mobile satellite communications system include an asymmetrical TDMA formatting scheme. According to exemplary embodiments a first mobile station broadcasts a first signal to an orbiting satellite using a first TDMA format. The satellite receives the first signal maps the first TDMA format to a second TDMA format and broadcasts a second signal having the second TDMA format to a second mobile station. Advantageously exemplary embodiments utilize an elastic buffer to allow the satellite to map the uplink TDMA format to the downlink TDMA format without having to demodulate and re-modulate communications signals.

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