METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING TRANSMISSION OF A WIRELESS RETURN CHANNEL SIGNAL IN A SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

摘要

There is provided a method for enabling wireless reception of return channel signals in a satellite communications system (100) having at least one satellite (10) and a plurality of subscribers (12). A system time reference is transmitted to the plurality of subscribers (12) for establishing a precision frequency reference that is based on the system time reference. Return channel signals are wirelessly received from the plurality of subscribers (12) using a carrier frequency synthesized from the precision frequency reference established from the system time reference.