ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,796, issued on July 15, was assigned to Viasat Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Satellite communications using spread signals" was invented by Peter S. Wyckoff (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for satellite operations are described. A satellite communications system may include a transmitter that applies multiple spreading codes to a data signal to obtain multiple spread data signals. The transmitter may transmit the multiple spread data signals from multiple antenna elements in a composite signal. The satellite communications system may also include a receiver that receives the composite signa...