USE OF TIMING AND SYNCHRONIZATION OF AN ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEX IN COMBINED SATELLITE-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK

摘要

A system and a method of communicating a data signal in a network of geographically spread out transceivers including a plurality of transmitters. At least one of the transmitters is on a satellite. The plurality of transmitters communicate wirelessly with a receiver. Each of the plurality of transmitters transmits a copy of the data signal on a plurality of orthogonal sub-carrier frequencies to the receiver. The plurality of transmitters are synchronized so that the receiver receives the copies of the data signal substantially simultaneously.