Satellite Systems

Network Capacity

To make efficient use of the radio spectrum, frequencies are allocated dynamically and reused many times within each satellite footprint. The Teledesic Network supports bandwidth-on-demand, allowing a user to request and release capacity as needed. This enables users to pay only for the capacity they actually use, and for the Network to support a much higher number of users. Thus, the Teledesic Network is designed to support millions of simultaneous users. The Network scales gracefully to much higher capacity by adding additional satellites.