Signal acquistion method and apparatus

A method and apparatus for acquiring satellite signals and subscriber unit signals utilizes broadcast beams (205) and acquisition beams (215) projected from a satellite (20). The broadcast beams (205) and acquisition beams (215) form broadcast acquisition beam pairs that are swept within the footpri...

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Hauptverfasser: HELM JIM E, HOGBERG SHAWN WESLEY, STARTUP JAMES W
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A method and apparatus for acquiring satellite signals and subscriber unit signals utilizes broadcast beams (205) and acquisition beams (215) projected from a satellite (20). The broadcast beams (205) and acquisition beams (215) form broadcast acquisition beam pairs that are swept within the footprint (50) of the satellite (20) on the surface of the earth. Broadcast bursts are transmitted by the satellite (20) in the broadcast beams (205), and acquisition bursts broadcast by subscriber units (30) are received by the satellite (20) in acquisition beams (215).