personal communication with geostationary satellites and satellites in low orbit

摘要

PCT No. PCT/FR96/00066 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 20, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 20, 1997 PCT Filed Jan. 16, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/24199 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 8, 1996Apparatus for providing high reception capacity to hand-held or mobile stations using moving satellites in low orbit. The system makes use of one or more geostationary satellites which provide broad band transmission to the users of hand-held or mobile stations. Only the data addressed to hand-held or mobile stations uses the path via the geostationary satellite(s), information coming from the hand-held or mobile stations passing via moving satellites in low orbit. The system enables mobile or hand-held stations to make use of multimedia applications.