SATELLITE TRANSPONDER FOR WIDEBAND FREQUENCY HOPPING SIGNALS WITH UNPROCESSED TRANSMISSION.

摘要

A method and apparatus for processing a signal. The signal is received in a receiver system in a satellite. The signal has a range of frequencies in which information is carried in a number of channels having a number of frequencies within the range of frequencies. The number of frequencies for a channel in the number of channels changes within the range of frequencies over time. The signal is transmitted using a transmitter system in the satellite. The signal is unprocessed to identify the number of frequencies for the channel used to carry the information by the satellite.