| 摘要 |
A method is presented for utilizing excess satellite bus power comprising (1) sending a broadband signal in at least one feeder beam in a forward direction from a gateway terminal to a bent pipe repeater satellite for relay to at least one subscriber terminal, wherein the satellite is operable to provide a total amount of bus power, wherein an existing payload consumes an occupied portion of the total bus power, wherein an additional payload consumes a remaining portion of the total bus power and comprises a plurality of satellite-based transmission amplifiers, (2) receiving the broadband signal and amplifying the broadband signal using one of the plurality of satellite-based transmission amplifiers, (3) sending the amplified broadband signal, as one of a plurality of service spot beams, to the at least one subscriber terminal, and (4) receiving and retrieving data from the amplified broadband signal at the at least one subscriber terminal.
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