MULTI FREQUENCY BAND/MULTI AIR INTERFACE/MULTI SPECTRUM REUSE CLUSTER SIZE/MULTI CELL SIZE SATELLITE RADIOTERMINAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AND METHODS

摘要

Satellite radioterminal communications systems, methods and components thereof, can use multiple frequency segments of at least one satellite frequency band, multiple air interfaces, multiple spectrum reuse cluster sizes and/or multiple geographic cell sizes. For example, a space-based component is configured to communicate with first radioterminals in first satellite cells over a first frequency segment of a satellite frequency band, such as a first frequency segment of a satellite L-band, and to communicate with second radioterminals in second satellite cells over a second frequency segment of the same or different satellite frequency band. The space-based component also may be configured to communicate with a first radioterminal over a first air interface and to communicate with the second radioterminals over a second air interface.