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- Patent Title: Wireless communication unit, integrated circuit, satellite communication system and method for compensating for ionospheric group delay
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Application No.: US15253332Application Date: 2016-08-31
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Publication No.: US10396889B2Publication Date: 2019-08-27
- Inventor: Jean-Jacques Floch , Francis Soualle , Jan Wendel
- Applicant: Airbus DS GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Taufkirchen
- Assignee: AIRBUS DS GMBH
- Current Assignee: AIRBUS DS GMBH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Taufkirchen
- Agency: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.
- Priority: EP15002605 20150904; EP16000368 20160215
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00 ; H04B7/185 ; G01S19/07 ; H04L7/00

Abstract:
A wireless communication unit for compensating for Ionospheric group delay in a satellite communication system. The wireless communication unit comprises: a receiver configured to receive a multi-carrier signal from a satellite; and a processor coupled to the receiver. The processor is configured to: process the multi-carrier signal to produce a plurality of digital representations of individual carriers of the multi-carrier signal; estimate, from the plurality of digital representations of individual carriers of the multi-carrier signal, a Total Electron Content, TEC, value associated with a communication path between the satellite and the wireless communication unit through Earth's Ionosphere; and apply compensation for Ionospheric group delay subjected to the multi-carrier signal based on the determined TEC value.
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