MSV Collects Another Patent in Broadband Multi-Spotbeam Satellite Systems

RESTON, Va., Oct. 4, 2005/Satnews Daily/ — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has recently issued to Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) another patent, which is directly relevant to all future broadband multi- spotbeam satellite systems and particularly to broadband multi-spotbeam satellite systems supporting an Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC).

MSV said this patent, with more than 50 patent claims, represents the latest in a series of key intellectual property milestones for MSV, already a leader in ATC technology.

The patent, U.S. Patent No. 6,937,857, is specifically directed to the "packing" and "unpacking" of feeder link carriers at the satellite and satellite gateway to minimize feeder link bandwidth requirements. With new multi-spotbeam satellite systems, this feature is critical for operation within available feeder link carrier limits.

Dr. Peter D. Karabinis, vice president and chief technical officer at MSV said it is expected that in the future broadband multi-spotbeam satellite systems will be configured to perform packing and unpacking of feeder link carriers as covered by the '857 patent, otherwise the feeder link bandwidth requirements would be staggering. “This patent covers key technologies necessary to keep the feeder link bandwidth requirements of a broadband multi-spotbeam satellite system manageable,” he said.

Alexander Good, vice chairman and CEO said MSV's entire technical staff, as well as its contractors and consultants, is dedicated to designing and developing the world's preeminent ATC system. “This patent is just one more step in perfecting MSV's leadership role,” he said.

MSV said the issuance of this patent, together with six other omnibus ATC patents issued to the company since 2004, provides MSV with over 800 issued and 500 additional published ATC patent claims to date. These 1300 issued and published claims span the breadth of all ATC network features, functions and system components (including the satellite, terrestrial, satellite gateways and end user equipment). MSV has filed over 100 additional patent applications in the U.S. alone since 2001. Foreign counterpart applications have also been filed with patent offices worldwide.

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