GATEWAY-SWITCHED SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

A switched communication satellite system (10) includes a satellite that is in geosynchronous earth orbit and receives a communication signal uplink from a transmitting user station directed to one or more recipient stations. A terrestrial switched gateway receives the communication signal in a downlink from the satellite and includes a routing switch that routes the communication signal as a routed communication signal to the one or more recipient stations. A transmitter system uplinks the routed communication signal from the switched gateway to the satellite to be transmitted to the one or more recipient stations.