MXPA06011578A - Satellite/hands-free interlock systems and/or companion devices for radioterminals and related methods - Google Patents

Abstract

A radioterminal may include a transceiver, a hand-held interface coupled to the transceiver, and an interlock coupled to the transceiver. The transceiver may be configured to transmit and receive wireless communications, and the transceiver may be further configured to transmit high power communications at a high maximum power and/or EIRP and to transmit low power communications at a low maximum power and/or EIRP. The interlock may be configured to prevent the transceiver from transmitting high power communications at a power and/or EIRP that exceeds a threshold when the hand-held interface is activated. Related methods are also discussed.

Description

SYSTEMS AND / OR SATELLITE INTERLOCKING SYSTEM DEVICES / HANDS-FREE FOR RADIO TERMINALS AND RELATED METHODS RELATED REQUEST The present application claims priority of the provisional application of the United States Serial Number 60 / 560,211 entitled "Satellite / Hands-Free Interlock Systems And Methods For Radioterminals" filed on April 7, 2004 and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

FIELD PE INVENTION This invention relates to systems and methods of radioterminal communications and more particularly to systems and communications methods of terrestrial cellular radioterminal and satellite cellular.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Systems and methods of satellite communications are widely used for wireless communications. Systems and methods of satellite communications generally use at least one component that is in space such as one or more satellites that are configured to wirelessly communicate with a plurality of satellite radioterminals. A satellite radio-communication system or method can use a single satellite antenna pattern (beam) that covers a complete area served by the system. Alternatively, multiple satellite antenna patterns (beams or cells) are provided in cellular satellite radio-communications systems and methods, each of which can serve substantially different geographic areas in a whole service region to collectively serve to a general satellite service coverage area. In this way, a cellular architecture similar to that used in conventional terrestrial cellular / radio systems and PCS methods can be implemented in satellite-based cellular systems and methods. The satellite typically communicates with radioterminals on a bidirectional communications path, where the radiotelemal signals are communicated from the satellite to the radio-terminal on a downlink or direct link and from the radio-terminal to the satellite on an uplink or return link. The design and general operation of radioterminal systems and methods to the cellular satellite are well known to those skilled in the art and need not be further described herein. In addition, as used herein, the term "radioterminal" includes cellular and / or satellite radioterminals with or without a multiple line screen; radioterminals of a personal communications system (PCS) that can combine a radioterminal with data processing, facsimile and / or data communication capabilities; personal digital assistants (PDA) that may include a transceiver and / or a radio frequency locator, Internet / intranet access, network navigators, organizers, calendar and / or a receiver of a global location system (GPS); and / or conventional laptops and / or manuals or other devices which include a radio frequency transceiver. As used herein, the term "radioterminal" also includes any other user radiant device / equipment / source that may have geographic coordinates that vary or are fixed with respect to time and that is portable, portable, that is installed in a vehicle. (aeronautical, maritime or terrestrial) or located and / or configured to operate locally and / or in a manner distributed elsewhere on the earth and / or in space using any frequency or frequencies. A radioterminal can also be referred to herein as a "radiotelephone", a "terminal" or a "wireless user device". A terrestrial network can improve the availability, efficiency and / or economic viability of a cellular satellite radio system through land use and / or the reuse of at least part of the frequency band that is assigned and / or used by a cellular radio satellite system or systems. In particular, it is known that it can be difficult for a cellular satellite radio system to reliably attend densely populated areas because a satellite signal can be blocked by elevated structures and / or may not penetrate buildings. As a result, the satellite spectrum can be underused or disabled in those areas. The terrestrial reuse of at least part of the cellular satellite frequencies can reduce or eliminate this potential problem. The capacity of a hybrid system comprising connectivity of both terrestrial and satellite based communications and configured for use and / or terrestrial reuse of at least some frequencies of a satellite band may be greater than the corresponding satellite only system since frequency reuse terrestrial can be much denser than that of the satellite only system. In fact, capacity can be increased where it is most needed, that is, in densely populated urban / industrial / commercial areas where connectivity / signals from the satellite-only system are unreliable. As a result, a hybrid system (satellite / terrestrial cellular) that is configured to reuse terrestrially at least part of the frequencies of the satellite band may become economically more viable since it may be able to more effectively and reliably serve a base of larger subscribers. An example of terrestrial reuse of satellite band frequencies is described in the U.S. patent. 5,937,332 for the present inventor Karabinis entitled "Satellite Telecommunications Repeaters and Retransmission Methods", the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety as set forth herein in its entirety. As described herein, satellite telecommunications repeaters are provided which receive, amplify and locally retransmit one or more downlink signals from radioterminals on one or more satellite telecommunications repeaters from a satellite and also receive, amplify and retransmitting satellite uplink signals received on one or more satellite telecommunications repeaters from one or more radioterminals and thereby increasing the effective downlink and uplink margin in the vicinity of one or more satellite telecommunications repeaters and allow an increase in the penetration of uplink and downlink signals in buildings, foliage, transport vehicles and other objects which can reduce the link margin. Portable and non-portable repeaters are provided. See the extract of the patent of E.U.A. 5,937,332. Satellite radioterminals for a satellite radioterminal system or method having terrestrial communications capability by reusing at least part of the satellite frequency band on land and using substantially the same air interconnection for both terrestrial and satellite communications may be more profitable and / or aesthetically pleasing compared to other alternatives. Conventional dual-band / dual-mode radioterminal alternatives such as the well-known dual satellite / terrestrial radioterminals Thuraya, Iridium and / or Globalstar duplicate some components (as a result of different frequency bands and / or interconnection protocols). air that are used for satellite and terrestrial communications, respectively), which generates an increased cost, size and / or weight of the radioterminal. See the patent of E.U.A. 6,052,560 for the present inventor Karabinis entitled "Satellite System Utilizang a Plurality of Air Interocean Standards and Method Employing Same". U.S. Patent No. 6,684,057 to the present inventor Karabinis and entitled "System and Methods for Terrestrial Reuse of Cellular Satellite Frequency Spectrum", the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety as set forth in full herein, describes that the satellite frequency can be reused terrestrially by an auxiliary terrestrial network even within the same satellite cell using interference cancellation techniques. In particular, a system according to some embodiments of the US patent. No. 6,684,057 includes a component that is in the space that is configured to receive wireless communications from a first radiotelephone in a satellite coverage area over a satellite radiotelephone frequency band and an auxiliary terrestrial network that is configured to receive wireless communications from a second radiotelephone in the satellite coverage area on the satellite radiotelephone frequency band. The component that is in space also receives wireless communications from the second radiotelephone in the satellite coverage area over the satellite radiotelephone frequency band as interference, together with the wireless communications that are received from the first radiotelephone in the satellite coverage area over the satellite radiotelephone frequency band. An interference reducer responds to the component that is in space and to the auxiliary terrestrial network that is configured to reduce the interference of the wireless communications that are received by the component that is in the space from the first radiotelephone in the coverage area satellite over the satellite radiotelephone frequency band using wireless communications that are received by the auxiliary terrestrial network from the second radiotelephone in the satellite coverage area over the satellite radiotelephone frequency band. Radioterminal satellite communication systems and methods that can utilize the terrestrial reuse of satellite frequencies are also described in the patent applications of E.U.A. published numbers US 2003/0054760 for Karabinis, entitled "System and Methods for Terrestrial Reuse of Cellular Satellite Frequency Spectrum"; US 2003/0054761 for Karabinis entitled "Spatial Guardbands for Terrestrial Reuse of Satellite Frequencies"; US 2003/0054814 for Karabinis et al., Entitled "System and Methods for Monitoring Terrestrially Reused Satellite Frequencies to Reduce Potential Interference"; US 2003/0073436 for Karabinis et al., Entitled "Additional Systems and Methods for Monitoring Terrestrially Reused Satellite Frequencies to Reduce Potential Interf Rence"; US 2003/0054762 for Karabinis, entitled "Multi-Band / Multi-Mode Satellite Radiotelephone Communications Systems and Methods"; US 2003/0153267 for Karabinis, entitled "Wireless Communications Systems and Methods Using Satellite-Linked Remote Terminal Interiace Subsystems", US 2003/0224785 for Karabinis, entitled "Systems and Methods for Reducing Satellite Feeder Link Bandwidth / Carriers in Cellular Satellite Systems"; US 2002/0041575 for Karabinis et. al, entitled "Coordinarted Systems-Terrestrial Frequency Reuse", US 2002/0090942 for Karabinis et al., entitled "Integrated or Autonomous Systems and Method of Satellite-Terrestrial Frequency Reuse Using Signal Attenuation and / or Blackage, Dynamic Assigment of Frequencies and / or Hysteresis "; us 2003/0068978 for Karabinis, entitled "Space-Based Network Architectures for Satellite Radiotelephone Systems"; Patent of the U.S.A. No. 6,785,543 for Karabinis, entitled "Filters for Combined Radiotelephone / GPS Termina", US 2003/0153308 for Karabinis, entitled "Staggered Sectorization for Terrestrial Reuse of Satellite Frequencies"; and US 2003/0054815 for Karabinis, entitled "Methods and Systems for Modifying Satellite Antenna Cell Patterns In Response to Terrestrial Reuse of Satellite Frequencies", all of which were assigned to the beneficiary of the present invention, all descriptions of the which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety as set forth in full in this document. Some systems and communication methods of satellite radioterminal can use satellites that use multiple bands for communications with radioterminals. For example, the patent application publication of E.U.A. US No. 2003/0054762 for Karabinis, mentioned above, describes systems and communication methods of satellite radio-termite that include a component that is in space that is configured to communicate with radioterminals in a satellite coverage area that is divided into satellite cells . The component that is in the space is configured to communicate with a first radioterminal in a first satellite cell on a first frequency band and / or a first air interconnection, and to communicate with a second radioterminal in the first or second cell of satellite over a second frequency band and / or a second air interconnection. An auxiliary terrestrial network is also provided which is configured to communicate terrestrially with the first radioterminal over substantially the first frequency band and / or substantially the first air interconnection, and to communicate terrestrially with the second radioterminal over substantially the second frequency band and / or substantially the second air interconnection. See extract from the patent application publication of E.U.A. US number 2003/0054762.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, a radioterminal may include a transceiver, a portable interconnect coupled to the transceiver and an interlock coupled to the transceiver. The transceiver can be configured to transmit and receive wireless communications. More particularly, the transceiver can be configured to transmit high power communications at a power and / or equivalent isotropic radiated power (EIRP) that is greater than or equal to a high power threshold and / or a high maximum power and / or an EIRP level and for transmitting low power communications to a power and / or EIRP that is less than or equal to a low power threshold and / or a low maximum power and / or an EIRP level. In addition, the interlock can be configured to prevent the transceiver from transmitting high power communications to a power and / or EIRP that is greater than or equal to the high power threshold when manual interconnection is activated. In other embodiments, the interlock can be configured to allow the transceiver to transmit high power communications to a power and / or EIRP that is greater than or equal to the high power threshold when manual interconnection is activated and is selectively used in a of pushing to send to the satellite (ie, push to talk (PTT)) and / or in data mode. The low power threshold and the high power threshold may be the same power threshold or the low power threshold may be higher or lower than the high power threshold.

More particularly, the manual interconnection may include an inter-built loudspeaker configured to provide an audio output corresponding to the wireless communications received by the transceiver when manual interconnection is activated. The manual interconnection may also include an inter-built screen and / or a keyboard configured to provide data and / or input output corresponding to the wireless communications received and / or to be transmitted by the transceiver. The interlock can also be configured to allow the transceiver to transmit low power communications to a power and / or EIRP that is less than or equal to the low power threshold when manual interconnection is activated. More particularly, the transceiver can be configured to provide communications that are in space and wireless terrestrial communications and to transmit high power communications to a power and / or EIRP that is greater than or equal to the high power threshold for communications that is found in space and to transmit low power communications to a power and / or EIRP that is less than or equal to the low power threshold or to transmit high power communications to a power and / or EIRP that is greater than or equal to High power threshold for terrestrial communications. In addition, the transceiver may include a low power transmit amplifier configured to amplify low power communications for transmission to a power and / or EIRP that is less than or equal to the low power threshold and a high power transmit power amplifier configured to amplify high power communications for transmission to a power and / or EIRP that is greater than or equal to the high power threshold. As a result, the interlock can be configured to disable the high power transmission amplifier when manual interconnection is activated. In some embodiments, the low power transmission amplifier and the high power transmission amplifier may be the same amplifier that is configured to include a low power transmission mode and a high power transmission mode. In addition, a hands-free interconnection can be coupled to the transceiver and the interlock can be further configured to allow the transceiver to transmit high-power communications to a power and / or EIRP that is greater than or equal to the high-power threshold when the Interconnection is activated. of hands free. For example, the hands-free interconnection may include a coupling for a hearing aid and / or remote speaker, and the coupling for the hearing aid and / or remote speaker may include a fastened and / or unattached coupling. Additionally or alternatively, the coupling for the remote hearing aid and / or loudspeaker may include an interconnection for a grid configured to receive the radio-terminal and for coupling the radio-terminal to a remote loudspeaker. In another alternative, the hands-free interconnection may include a telephone speaker interconnection. In other embodiments, the manual interconnection and / or the radioterminal can include an antenna comprising a radiating element that can be selectively placed at a distance from the manual interconnection and / or the radioterminal and the interlock can be configured to allow the Transceiver transmits low power communications to a power and / or EIRP that is less than or equal to the low power threshold, or high power communications to a power and / or the EIRP that is greater than or equal to the high power threshold when the radiant element is placed substantially at a predetermined distance from the manual interconnection and / or radiioterminal or is positioned at a distance that is greater than a predetermined distance from the manual interconnection and / or radioteleminal and low power communications at a power and / or EIRP that is less than or equal to the low power threshold when the radiating element is placed at a distance from the interconnection and / or radioterminal l which is substantially less than a predetermined distance. An interconnection can be provided for a company transmitting device wherein the interconnection is configured to provide high frequency communications to the carrier transmitting device to transmit high power communications from the carrier transmitting device to a power and / or EIRP which is greater than or equal to the high power threshold when manual interconnection is activated. The interconnection comprises a wireless interconnection and / or a wired interconnection. The companion transmitting device may be configured to be operatively joined and coupled to the manual interconnection and / or radioterminal and may also be configured to selectively separate from the manual interconnection and / or radially operable and operatively coupled to the manual interconnection and / or radiioterminal. In addition, a radioterminal antenna can be coupled to the transceiver and the companion device can include a companion device antenna. In addition, the gain of the antenna of the companion device may be greater than the gain of the radioterminal antenna. In some embodiments, the antenna of the companion device is configured to radiate substantially circular polarized electromagnetic energy and the radioterminal antenna is configured to radiate a polarization that is substantially the same or different as compared to the polarization of the electromagnetic energy that is radiated. by the antenna of the companion device. In addition, or alternatively, the transceiver may include a transmit amplifier within the radioterminal and the companion device may include a transmit amplifier outside the radioterminal that may be within the companion device. In addition, the power level, such as the maximum power level of the transmission amplifier outside the radioterminal that may be within the companion device, may be greater than a power level, such as the maximum power level of the transmission amplifier. inside the radioterminal. A hands-free interconnection can also be coupled to the transceiver and the interlock can be configured to provide notification to the user to activate hands free interconnection in response to a request to transmit high-power communications when manual interconnection is active. The interlock can also be configured to allow the transceiver to transmit high power communications to a power and / or EIRP that is greater than or equal to the high power threshold in response to the activation of the hands-free interconnection. further, the interlock can be configured to allow the transceiver, for a period of time after the request to transmit high frequency communications and before the activation of the hands-free interconnection when the manual interconnection is activated. An interconnection can also be provided for a company transmitting device and the interlock can be configured to provide notification to the user to activate interconnection for the carrier transmission device in response to a request to transmit high power communications when interconnection is active. manual. The interlock can also be configured to provide high power communications through the interconnect to the carrier transmitting device to transmit the high power communications from the carrier transmission device in response to the activation of the interconnect for the transmitting device of the transmitting device. company. The interlock can also be configured to allow the transceiver, for a period of time when manual interconnection is activated after request to transmit high-power communications and before activation of the interconnection for the company's transmission device.

In accordance with further embodiments of the present invention, methods may be provided for operating a radioterminal including a transceiver configured to transmit high power communications at a power and / or EIRP that is greater than or equal to a high power threshold and for transmit low power communications to a power and / or EIRP that is less than or equal to a low power threshold, and that includes a manual interconnection. More particularly, the method may include allowing the transceiver to transmit low power communications to a power and / or EIRP that is less than or equal to the low power threshold when manual interconnection is activated. It can prevent the transceiver from transmitting high power communications to a power and / or EIRP that is greater than or equal to the high power threshold when manual interconnection is activated. The manual interconnection may include a built-in speaker configured to provide an audio output adjacent to the user's ear corresponding to wireless communications received by the transceiver when manual interconnection is activated. The transceiver can be configured to provide communications that are in space and wireless terrestrial communications and the transceiver can be configured to transmit high power communications to a power and / or EIRP that is greater than or equal to the high power threshold for communications that are in space and to transmit low power communications to a power and / or EIRP that is less than or equal to the low power threshold for terrestrial communications. The transceiver may include a low power transmission amplifier configured to amplify low power communications and a high power transmission amplifier configured to amplify high power communications. Accordingly, preventing the transceiver from transmitting high power communications when manual interconnection is activated may include disabling the high power transmission amplifier when manual interconnection is activated. The radioterminal may also include a hands-free interconnection coupled to the transceiver and the transceiver may be enabled to transmit high power communications at a power and / or EIRP that is greater than or equal to the high power threshold when hand interconnection is activated. free The hands-free interconnection may include a coupling for a hearing aid and / or remote speaker, and / or a telephone speaker interconnection. The radioterminal can also include an interconnection for a company transmission device and the high power communications can be provided through the interconnection to the company transmission device so that they are transmitted by the company transmission device to a power and / or EIRP that is greater than or equal to the high power threshold when manual interconnection is activated. The radioterminal may include a hands-free interconnection coupled to the transceiver and a user notification to activate hands-free interconnection may be provided in response to a request to transmit high-power communications when manual interconnection is active. The transceiver may be enabled to transmit high power communications to a power and / or EIRP that is greater than or equal to the high power threshold in response to the activation of the hands-free interconnection. After the request to transmit high-power communications and before the activation of the hands-free interconnection, the transceiver can also be enabled for a period of time to transmit high-power communications when manual interconnection is active. The radioterminal may include an interconnection for a company transmission device that may be remote from the radioterminal and a user notification may be provided to activate the interconnection for the carrier transmission device in response to a request to transmit high power communications when manual interconnection is active. The high power communications can be provided through the interconnection to the company transmission device to be transmitted from the company transmission device in response to the activation of the interconnection for the company transmission device. further, the transceiver can be enabled for a period of time when the manual interconnection is activated after the request to transmit high power communications and before the activation of the interconnection for the company transmission device. According to still further embodiments of the present invention, a radio-terminal may include a transceiver, a hands-free interconnection and a satellite / hands-free interlock. The transceiver can be configured for communications that are in space and for terrestrial wireless communications and the hands-free / satellite interlock can be configured to prevent the transceiver from transmitting communications that are in space unless interconnection of hands is activated free The hands-free interconnection, for example, may include a coupling for a remote headset and / or loudspeaker interconnection. In addition, a manual interconnection can be provided and the interlock can be further configured to prevent the transceiver from transmitting communications that are in space when manual interconnection is activated. For example, the manual interconnection may include a built-in speaker configured to provide audio output adjacent to the user's ear corresponding to wireless communications received by the transceiver when manual interconnection is activated. In addition, the satellite / hands-free interlock can be configured to provide the user with notification to activate hands-free interconnection in response to a request to transmit communications that are in the space when manual interconnection is activated. In addition, the satellite / hands-free interlock can be configured to provide notification to the user to activate hands-free interconnection in response to a request to transmit communications that are in space when manual interconnection is activated. The satellite / hands-free interlock can also be configured to allow the transceiver, for a period of time after the request, to transmit communications that are in space without activation of the hands-free interconnection when manual interconnection is activated. In addition, the satellite / hands-free interlock can be configured to allow the transceiver to transmit terrestrial communications when manual interconnection is activated. According to further embodiments of the present invention, methods may be provided for operating a radioterminal that includes a transceiver configured for communications that are in space and for terrestrial wireless communications and that include a hands-free interconnection. The method may include allowing the transceiver to transmit terrestrial communications when the hands-free interconnection is not activated and to prevent the transceiver from transmitting communications that are in space unless the hands-free interconnection is activated. For example, the hands-free interconnection may include a coupling for a headphone interconnection and / or a remote speaker. In addition, you can prevent the transceiver from transmitting communications that are in space when manual interconnection is activated. For example, the manual interconnect may include an inter-built speaker configured to provide audio output corresponding to wireless communications received by the transceiver when manual interconnection is activated. In addition, the user may be notified to activate hands-free interconnection in response to a request to transmit communications that are in the space when manual interconnection is activated. In addition, the transceiver may be enabled for a period of time after the request to transmit communications that are in space without activation of the hands-free interconnection when manual interconnection is activated. further, the transceiver can be allowed to transmit terrestrial communications when the manual interconnection is activated.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 is a diagram illustrating communication systems according to embodiments of the present invention. Figure 2 is a block diagram illustrating radioterminals according to embodiments of the present invention. Figure 3 is a flow chart illustrating operations of the radioterminals according to embodiments of the present invention. Figure 4 is a block diagram illustrating communication systems according to embodiments of the present invention. Figures 5a and 5b are block diagrams illustrating radioterminals and companion devices according to further embodiments of the present invention.

Figures 6 and 7 are flow charts illustrating radioteleral operations according to additional embodiments of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention will now be described in greater detail in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in which embodiments of the invention are shown. However, the invention can be constituted by many different forms and should not be considered as limited to the modalities set forth herein. Instead, these embodiments are provided so that this description will be thorough and complete and will present in its entirety the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Similar numbers refer to similar elements through it. It will be understood that although the terms first, second, third, fourth, etc. can be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are used only to differentiate one element from another element. Thus, for example, a first element in the following may be referred to as a second, third or fourth element and similarly a second element may be referred to as first, third or fourth element without thereby departing from the teachings of the present invention. As used herein, the term "and / or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the included articles that are associated. The symbol 7"is also used as an abbreviated notation for" and / or. "Also, as used herein, one or more" substantially equal "bands means that one or more bands are presented / compared and substantially overlap, but there may be certain areas where there is no overlap, for example at the end of the band.Also a "substantially equal" air interconnect means means that two or more of the interconnections that are discussed / compared are similar but do not need to be identical There may be some differences between two or more air interconnections to explain, for example, the different characteristics and / or quality of service (QoS) objectives of two or more respective systems such as, for example, one or more different characteristics and / or QoS objectives between terrestrial and satellite systems, for example, vocoder speeds (voice encoder) can be used for satellite communications and communication. Terrestrial cations (for example, a vocoder speed of 13 or 16 kpbs can be used for terrestrial communications and a vocoder speed of 4 or 2 kbps can be used for satellite communications). In addition, a different direct error correction coding, a different interleaving depth and / or different spread spectrum codes (eg, Walsh codes, long codes and / or frequency hopping codes) can be used for satellite communications in comparison with parameters / quantities / respective algorithms that can be used for terrestrial communications. In addition, "substantially equal" frequency bands means that the frequency bands being compared include a common set of frequencies but some frequencies included in at least one of the bands may be different (not common). In general, "X and Y are substantially equal" means that X and Y have and / or share a plurality of identical and / or similar parameters and / or characteristics but X and Y may differ in at least one parameter and / or characteristic. It will be understood that when an element is referred to as "connected" or "coupled" to another element, it may be connected or coupled directly to the other element or intermediate elements may be present. In addition, the terms "connected" or "coupled", as used herein, may include connected or wirelessly coupled. The terminology used herein is solely for the purpose of describing particular embodiments and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plurality of forms as well, unless otherwise expressly stated. It will further be understood that the terms "include", "comprises", "including" and / or "comprising" when used in this specification, specify the presence of features, integers, steps, operations, elements and / or components established but they do not prevent the presence or addition of one or more characteristics, integers, stages, operations, elements, components and / or additional groups thereof. Unless defined otherwise, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by a person ordinarily skilled in the art to which this invention pertains. It will further be understood that terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries must be interpreted with a meaning consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and the present description will not be construed in an idealized or excessively formal sense unless it is Express in this way and define yourself in the present. Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of systems and methods of satellite radioteleral communications according to embodiments in the present invention. As shown in Figure 1, a network that is in space (SBN) includes one or more components that are in space (SBC), such as a satellite 110 that is configured to communicate with a plurality of radioterminals 120 in a satellite coverage area 12. An auxiliary terrestrial network (ATN) that includes one or more auxiliary terrestrial components (ATC) 130, is also configured to communicate with the radioterminals 120. The auxiliary terrestrial network may be geographically separated from the satellite coverage area and / or may be contained by at least partially within the satellite coverage area. Communications between one or more satellites 110 and the radioterminals 120 on a direct satellite link 111 and a satellite return link 114 and between one or more auxiliary terrestrial components 130 and the radioterminals 120 on a direct link 132 of auxiliary terrestrial component and a link The return of auxiliary terrestrial component can be provided using substantially the same satellite frequency bands and / or substantially the same air interconnections, in some embodiments of the invention. In some embodiments of the present invention, the network that is in space may use one or more satellites 110 which may have a relatively small gain antenna and, therefore, relatively low. For example, an antenna approximately 6 meters in diameter, an antenna approximately 9 meters in diameter or an antenna approximately 12 meters in diameter can be provided on at least one or more of the satellites 110. As a consequence, the gain of the antenna and / or the output level of the satellite power amplifier / radioterminal ATC 120 may be increased when the radio terminal 120 communicates with the satellite 110, in relation to the gain of the antenna and / or the output level of the power amplifier of the radioterminal 120 when the radioterminal communicates with the auxiliary terrestrial component 130. Thus, as shown in Figure 1, the power level P1 transmitted over the satellite return link 14 can be increased to be greater than the power P2 transmitted over the link 134 of the auxiliary terrestrial component. Put another way, P1 >; P2 Since the radioterminal 120 can radiate at a higher effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) in the satellite mode in relation to the EIRP of the radioterminals in the ATC mode, the radioterminal 120 may not maintain a specific absorption rate (SAR) criterion. which may be determined by concerns in terms of regulation and / or security, when evaluating the satellite mode and in accordance with substantially the same operating configuration as in the ATC mode (i.e. it is kept close / next / adjacent and / or at a specified distance from the user's head). Now with reference to Figure 2, some embodiments of the present invention can provide a satellite / ATC radioteleral 120 that includes a satellite / hands-free interlock 126 that is configured to prevent a transceiver 124 and / or antenna 122 from the radioterminal 120 to from substantially transmitting the satellite mode unless the hands-free interconnection 128 of the radioterminal 120 is activated. As is well known to those skilled in the art, a hands-free interconnection 128 may comprise a hearing aid, a microphone, a interconnection of telephone speaker, a grille and / or any other conventional hands-free interconnection held and / or not clamped. An unattached hands-free interconnection can use Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, infrared, ultraviolet and / or other wireless local area network (and / or personal area) network communication techniques over registered and / or unregistered frequencies.

Accordingly, in order to substantially reduce or eliminate the likelihood that a user will communicate via satellite 110 keeps the radioterminal 120 in proximity to the user's ear, the radioterminal 120 can be configured so that when the active mode of satellite and a communication channel has been assigned to the radioterminal 120 by the satellite system, the radioterminal becomes unable to transmit substantially unless the hands-free mode is activated in the radioterminal 120. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the radioterminal 120 of FIG. 2 may also include other conventional components that include a data processor such as a microprocessor, a digital signal processor, radio frequency components, a man-machine interface and / or other conventional components. The satellite / hands-free interlock 126 may be provided, for example, at least in part, by a stored program running on a data processor operating, for example, periodically or not periodically and / or in response to interruptions, in response to a human-machine interconnection and / or at least to a signal received in the radio-terminal and / or at least one signal transmitted by the radio-terminal. Combinations of the software and / or other hardware can also be used to implement the satellite / hands free interlock. Figure 3 is a flowchart of operations that can be performed to provide a satellite / hands-free interlock such as the satellite / hands-free interlock 126 of Figure 2, in accordance with the various embodiments of the present invention. With reference to Figure 3, a determination is made in block 310 if a request for a satellite-mode communication channel has been made. The satellite mode request can be based on a user's radio user request to use the satellite mode and / or a system request to use the satellite mode to initiate communications and / or for the transfer to the user's radio terminal of the ATC mode and / or cellular / PCS mode to satellite mode. Still referring to Figure 3, if a satellite mode request is made in block 310, then in block 320 a test is performed to determine whether hands-free operation is active in the terminal. The hands-free operation can be detected in the block 320, for example, by detecting that the microphone and / or the fastened and / or unattached hearing aid have been inserted into an appropriate socket / interconnection of the radioterminal and / or are operatively connected wirelessly to the radioterminal, detecting that the radiotelephone! be placed in a grid, detect that the wired and / or wireless local area connection (and / or a personal area network) have been made with the radio-terminal to enable a hands-free interconnection with the radio-terminal and / or using other techniques to detect the use of a hands-free interconnection. If a hands-free operation is detected in block 320, then the satellite mode is entered into block 330 and radio terminal 120 is enabled to communicate with satellite 110 when transmitting satellite 110 at an appropriately high power and / or a EIRP level and / or a maximum high power and / or EIRP level and / or an appropriately high (or higher) data rate. Alternatively, if hands-free operation is not detected in block 320, notification to the user may be provided in block 340. This user notification may be in the form of an audible signal, a signal that can be detected by a part of the human body in contact with the radioterminal (such as a vibratory signal) and / or a visual display signal and / or any other type of notification that may be perceptible to a human with or without non-human sensory enhancements. User notifications for various other purposes are well known to those skilled in the art so that the design of the user notification of block 340 need not be described in detail herein. After notification to the user, the test can be performed again in block 320 as to whether the hands-free operation is present. Alternatively, the test in block 320 may not be performed again and the satellite mode request in block 310 is simply rejected. In other additional embodiments, the user notification of block 340 may not be performed and the satellite mode request in block 310 is simply rejected. In other additional embodiments, satellite communications may be provided by the radioterminal and / or by the system for a predetermined time interval after the request for satellite mode even if the radioterminal is not operative in a hands-free mode. During the predetermined time interval the user can be notified at least once by the radio terminal to enable a hands-free mode. If the radioterminal is placed in hands-free mode for the predetermined time interval, satellite communications can continue uninterrupted. If the radioterminal is not placed in the hands-free mode for a predetermined time interval, the satellite communications can be interrupted. Figure 4 is a block diagram of a portion of a radioterminal such as the radioterminal 120 of Figures 1 and 2 and a portion of an ATC, such as an ATC 130 of Figure 1. With reference to Figure 4, the radioterminal 120 may include a satellite radio / ATC transceiver 410 which can be integrated into at least part of the satellite and ATC functionality and may correspond to transceiver 124 or satellite / hands-free interlock 126 of FIG. 2. A selector 418 transmitter / receiver (TX / RX) is coupled to a power amplifier 414 or a low fluid amplifier 412 to an antenna 422, which may correspond to the antenna 122 of FIG. 2. In this manner, the radioterminal 120 can including a single power amplifier 414 and / or a single antenna 422 having one or several sizes for communications with the segment space including satellite 110. As such, the output level of the power amplifier of the radioterminal This is limited to less than a maximum value when the radioterminal communicates with the ATC 130. For example, the power amplifier 414 may be limited to transmit approximately 200 to 250 mW of maximum power when communicating with a terrestrial system based on CDMA (such as a CDMA 2000 terrestrial system) and at approximately 600 mW up to approximately 1 watt maximum power when communicating with a GSM-based terrestrial system (where one mW = 10"3 watts). In a satellite mode, the power amplifier 414 can be configured to transmit more than 1 watt of maximum power to the satellite 110. In some embodiments, the power amplifier 414 is configured not to transmit a higher power for the network communications that are they find in space unless a control signal 416 is activated. The control signal 416 may not be activated unless the satellite radio / ATC transceiver 410 detects hands-free operation, for example by detecting that a fastener 424 is connected to the radioterminal 120, so as to engage a clamped microphone 426 and a hearing aid 428 attached to the radioterminal 120. Still continuing with the description of Figure 4, in the ATC 130, a power amplifier 438 couples a transmitting antenna 444 to a transceiver 432 ATC and a low noise amplifier 434 couples an antenna 442 receiver to a 432 ATC transceiver. In order to increase the receiver sensitivity of the ATC, the electronic circuits of the receiver front end, such as the low noise amplifier 434 and / or other elements of the ATC 130, can be cryogenically cooled by incarcerating these elements in a cryogenically cooled capsule 436. . The design of amplifiers and / or other cryogenically cooled components is well known to those skilled in the art and does not need to be described further herein. The cryogenic cooling may increase the available return link margin provided by the ATC for a given radioterminal EIRP and a given configuration of the ATC receiving antenna 442. The increase in the available return link margin can be used by the ATC to reduce a power of radioterminal and / or EIRP, which in this way can reduce the potential of intrasystem and / or intersystem interference and also extend the battery life of the radioterminal and / or increase the radius of a service region of the ATC 130. Cryogenic cooling can also be provided on satellite 110 of a network that is in space. A transceiver structure of satellite 110 may be similar to that discussed above with respect to ATC 130 with a low noise amplifier that couples a satellite receiving antenna to a satellite transceiver. In order to increase the sensitivity of the satellite receiver, the electronic circuits of the forward end of the satellite receiver, such as the satellite low noise amplifier and / or other elements of satellite 110 can be cryogenically cooled by encapsulating these elements in a cryogenically cooled capsule in the satellite 110. The design of the amplifiers and / or other cryogenically cooled components is well known to those of skill in the art and need not be described further herein. The cryogenic cooling may increase the available return link margin provided by the satellite for a given radioterminal EIRP and a given configuration of the satellite receiving antenna. The increase in the available return link margin can be used by the satellite to reduce the radioterminal power and / or the EIRP which can thus reduce the potential for intrasystem and / or intersystem interference and extend the battery life of the radioterminal. Figure 5a is a block diagram illustrating radioterminals according to still further embodiments of the present invention. The radioterminal of Figure 5a may include a processor 510, a wireless interconnect 512, an accessory plug 514, a companion device plug / socket 516, a speaker 518, a microphone 520 and a transceiver 521 as well as an antenna 524. More particularly, the transceiver 521 may include a transmitter / receiver selector 522 (TX / RX), a low noise amplifier 524 for reception and a power amplifier 526 for transmission. In addition, the accessory plug 514 can provide a detachable wired coupling for a fastener connected to a clamped microphone and a clamped headset (such as the clamp 424, the microphone 426 and the headset 428 shown in Figure 4). In addition or alternatively, the wireless interconnection 512 (such as Bluetooth, WiFi or other wireless interconnection) can provide a wireless coupling with a remote microphone and a headset, for example, using a wireless local area network and / or a wireless network. personal area such as Bluetooth, WiFi and / or other network communication techniques. Accordingly, voice communications can be provided in a manual mode using a built-in loudspeaker 518 and a microphone 520, or in a hands-free mode for example by using a remote microphone and hearing aid (via either an accessory 514 plug, a wireless 512 interconnect) using a telephone speaker interconnect, using a grid and / or using any other hands-free interconnection. In further alternatives that are presented in more detail in the following with respect to Figure 5b, voice communications can be provided in a manual module using an interconstruded loudspeaker 518 and a microphone 520 and using a transceiver and antenna of a companion device, which may be operative at a distance from the radioterminal, coupled through a wireless interconnection 512 or through a plug / interconnect 516 of wired companion device. Accordingly, manual voice communications can be provided by the radioterminal 120 'with relatively high power transmissions that are performed using an amplifier and / or antenna of a remote companion device at the user's head. In consecuense, an interlock function of the precursor 510 can block transmissions above a power level threshold (such as transmissions on a return link to satellite 110) using the transceiver 521 and the antenna 524 unless the radioterminal is operated in a hands-free mode (i.e., using a remote clamped microphone / headset using a remote wireless microphone / headset, using a telephone speaker operation mode, using a grille and / or using any other hands-free interconnection held or not conventionally held). In addition or alternatively, an interlocking function of the processor 510 may allow voice communications in the manual mode using an interconstruded loudspeaker 518 and the microphone 520 with transmissions above the threshold (such as transmissions on a return link to the satellite). 110) that are provided using an amplifier and / or antenna of the companion device and / or antenna and amplifier of the radioterminal, such as the antenna 524 and the radioterminal amplifier 526, with the proviso that the antenna 524 of the Radioterminal and / or one or more radiant elements thereof are selectively placed / configured in an orientation relative to the radioterminal that is at a distance from the radioterminal and / or the user's head when the user is using the radioterminal in a conventional manual (adjacent to the user's ear). Figure 5b is a block diagram illustrating a device 600 of company in accordance with the embodiments of the present invention. The companion device of Figure 5b may include a transceiver 612, an antenna 614 and a radial-terminal coupling 616. More particularly, the transceiver 612 may include a transmitter / receiver selector 622 (TX / RX), a low noise amplifier 624 for reception and a power amplifier 626 for transmission. In addition, the radiotelephone coupling 616 can provide a wired and / or wireless coupling with the radioterminal 120 '. For example, the radiotelephone coupling 616 can provide a wired coupling with the companion plug 516 of the radioterminal 120 'and / or a wireless coupling with the wireless interconnect 512, the 510 processor and / or the radioterminal transceiver 521. 120. With a power amplifier 626, a low noise amplifier 624 and a transmitter / receiver switch 622, the companion device 600 can provide the transmission and reception functionalities, the transceiver 612 and / or other elements of the device 600 of. The company may also include other conventional transmission / reception functions (such as modulation, demodulation, error correction, encoding / decoding, interleaving, frame formatting, data regeneration and / or filtering functions, not shown in Figure 5b) that may be required to process signals transmitted and / or received from the antenna 614 and / or a coupling 616 of radioterminal. The companion device 600 and the radioterminal 120 'can be further configured to allow the companion device 600 to selectively bind to the radioterminal 120' such that the companion device 600 and the 120 'radioterminal appear as a device and for which selectively separates from the radioterminal 600 in such a way that the companion device 600 and the radioterminal 120 'appear as two separate devices. The companion device 600 and the radioterminal 120 'can additionally be configured to be operationally functional in the attached and / or separate configuration. In some embodiments, the companion device 600 may be configured to provide transmission functionality without providing reception functionality so that the low noise (reception) amplifier 624 and transmitter / receiver switch 622 is omitted from the companion device 600. For example, relatively high power transmissions can be provided using the antenna 614 of the companion device 600 while the reception is provided using the interconstructed antenna 524 and the transceiver 521 of the radioterminal 120 '. Accordingly, the radioterminal 120 'may provide functionalities as discussed in the foregoing with respect to FIGS. 1 to 4. More particularly, the interlocking operations of the processor 510 may block transmission above a threshold power level (such as transmissions on a return link to satellite 110) using a built-in transceiver 521 if the radio-terminal is provided with voice communications in a manual mode using a built-in loudspeaker 518 and microphone 520. The interlocking operations of the processor 510 in this manner allow transmission above the threshold power level using the built-in transceiver 521 if the radio operator is provided with voice communications in the hands-free mode, for example using a remote microphone and hearing aid. held, using a microphone and wireless remote headset, using a telephone speaker interconnect, using a grille and / or using any other hands-free interconnection. The threshold power level can be set based on power levels of radiotelephone transmissions for satellite and terrestrial communications or based on a maximum power level considered appropriate for transmission adjacent to the user's head when the radiotelephone is used in the manual mode. In the alternatives, the threshold power level can be variable based on changes in satellite and / or terrestrial power control levels, the length of time the user is on the telephone and / or other factors. In addition, the interlocking operation of the processor 510 can allow voice communications in the manual mode using the built-in loudspeaker 518 and microphone 520 with transmission above the threshold power level if the companion device 600 is coupled to the radioterminal 120 ' , for example, using a wireless interconnection 512 or using a plug / interconnect 516 of companion cable device. Transmissions above the threshold power level in this manner can be provided using the power amplifier 626 and antenna 614 of the companion device 600 remote from the user's head. The companion device 600 may be a portable device configured to be transported, for example, in a pocket, bag, or handbag of a user. In another alternative, the companion device can be constructed in a car to provide improved communication links when the radioterminal is used (and possibly covered), within the automobile.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the power amplifier 626 and / or the antenna 614 of the companion device 600 can provide one or more higher gains compared to the power amplifier 526 and the antenna 524 of the radioterminal 120 '. By way of example, antenna 524 of radiotelephone 120 'can provide a gain of approximately -2 dBi and antenna 614 of companion device 600 can provide a gain of approximately +2 dBi to provide a 4 dB increase in gain when it is transmitted using the companion device 600 as opposed to the transmission using the built-in 524 antenna. In addition, the antenna 614 of the companion device may be a substantially circularly polarized (CP) antenna and the radial-terminal antenna 524 may be a substantially linearly polarized (LP) antenna. In addition or alternatively, the power amplifier 526 of the radioterminal 120 'can be a 1/4 watt amplifier and the power amplifier 626 of the companion device 600 can be a 1 watt amplifier to provide an increment of 4. dB on the gain when it is transmitted using the company's 600 device. Using both antennas and the power amplifiers discussed above, for example, an 8 dB increase in gain can be provided when the companion device is used for transmission as opposed to using a power amplifier 526 and the antenna 524 interconstructed In general, higher transmission powers and / or higher antenna gains can be provided by the companion device 600 (relative to the radioterminal 120 '), because the companion device 600 may have smaller size limitations, because the companion device 600 may have fewer power limitations and / or because the companion device 600 is not designed for use adjacent to the user's head. According to other embodiments of the present invention, the power amplifier 526 of the radioterminal 120 'may include a low power / power amplifier mode for relatively low power transmissions below a threshold (such as transmissions to ATC 130). ), and a high power / power amplifier mode for relatively high power transmissions above a threshold (such as transmissions to satellite 110). In addition, interlock operations of the processor 510 can be configured to disable the high power / power amplifier mode when operating in the manual mode using the built-in loudspeaker 518 and microphone 520 unless the antenna 524 of the radioterminal 120 'is has selectively placed substantially in a second predetermined orientation and is not placed substantially in a predetermined first orientation or in any other orientation / position and / or the radio terminal is being used in the push to send mode (press to speak). According to some embodiments, the radioterminal antenna 524 can be selectively placed in a predetermined first orientation wherein the antenna 524 is depressed and / or maximally inserted in the radioterminal 120 'so that it maintains a minimum (low) profile and a second predetermined selective orientation is an orientation wherein the antenna 524 is maximally extracted from the radioterminal 120 'so as to maintain a maximum (high) profile. Radioterminal antenna 524 can be configured with a radiating element (or elements) placed substantially in the upper section / portion of the antenna so as to maintain a predetermined minimum distance between the element (or radiating elements) and the user's head when the radioterminal antenna 524 is placed in the predetermined second orientation and the user is using the radioterminal 120 'close / adjacent to the head / ear. The radiating element (or elements) of the radioterminal antenna 524 may include a radiating element (or elements) substantially CP and / or a radiating element (or elements) substantially LP. The interlocking operations of the processor 510 can be configured to allow the high power / power amplifier mode of the radioterminal 120 'amplifier 526., when the radioterminal 120 'is operating in a mode wherein the antenna 524 of the radioterminal 120' is positioned substantially in the second predetermined orientation and is not substantially positioned in the first predetermined orientation or in some other orientation / position and / or the Radioterminal is being used in the push mode to send (press to talk) and / or in the hands-free mode, for example, using a headset or microphone that is held or not held, using the speakerphone mode, using a loudspeaker and / or using any other hands-free interconnection. Accordingly, transmissions of relatively low power (below a threshold) using the low power mode / power amplifier of the amplifier 516 can be provided when the radioterminal 120 'is being used in a non-push mode to send (not press to speak) manual and the radioterminal antenna 524 is selectively placed substantially in the first predetermined orientation or relatively low power transmissions (below a threshold) using the low power mode / power amplifier of the amplifier 526, can be provided when the radioterminal 120 'is used in a non-oppress mode to send (not push to talk) manual and the radioterminal antenna 524 is of the type that is not configured to provide selectivity in orientation and is permanently configured in an orientation that is the same or substantially the same as the first predetermined selective orientation described to ntes. In some embodiments, the radioterminal amplifier 526 is an amplifier that is configured to provide only a power mode such as, for example, a low power mode that can be used only for low power communications, such as, for example, communications with ATC 130. In contrast, transmissions with a relatively high power (above a threshold) using the high power / power amplifier mode of a radioterminal amplifier 526 can only be allowed when operating in a push mode to send (or press to speak) and / or the radial-terminal antenna 524 is selectively placed in the predetermined second orientation (or the radial-terminal antenna 524 is of a type that is configured to be permanently placed in an orientation that is the same or substantially the same as the second predetermined orientation) and / or the radioterminal is operating in a hand mode ibres. More particularly, transmissions of relatively high power above a threshold using a high power mode / power amplifier of the radioterminal amplifier 526 can be blocked when the radioterminal is operating in a manual mode where the loudspeaker is not enabled. telephone and / or the radioterminal antenna 524 is selectively positioned in the first predetermined orientation (or the radioterminal antenna 524 is of a type that is configured to be permanently placed in an orientation that is the same or substantially the same as the first orientation default). Accordingly, to substantially reduce or eliminate the probability that a user will communicate using the built-in transceiver 521 and the antenna 524 at one or more transmit powers exceeding a threshold (eg when communicating via satellite 110) when maintaining the radioterminal 120 'close to its ear, the radioterminal 120' can be configured such that when a relatively high power transmission mode is not being used, the interconstructed transceiver becomes unable to substantially transmit a power and / or EIRP that is greater than or equal to a predetermined high power threshold unless the hands-free mode is activated in the 120 'radioterminal or the 120' radioterminal is used in the telephone speaker mode (i.e., in the push mode to send or press to speak or any other mode of telephone speaker) and / or the radioterminal antenna 524 is selectively placed in the second predetermined orientation (or the radioterminal antenna 524 is of a type that is configured to be permanently placed in an orientation that is the same or substanty the same as the second predetermined orientation.Thus a relatively high power transmission mode can be used if a hands-free mode is activated, the radioterminal 120 'is used in a telephone speaker mode (i.e., a push mode to send or press to speak or any other mode of telephone speaker), the radioterminal antenna 524 is selectively placed in the second predetermined orientation (or antenna 524) Radioterminal is of a type that is configured to be permanently placed in an orientation that is the same or substanty the same as the second a predetermined orientation) and / or if the companion device 600 is coupled to the radioterminal 120 'so that the transmission is remote from the radioterminal 120' and remote from the user's head. For example, activation of a hands-free mode, a predetermined selective position / orientation of the radioterminal antenna or a particular permanent position / orientation of the radioterminal antenna), a telephone speaker mode and / or the use of a companion device 600 may be required to provide transmissions with a relatively high power (above the threshold) over a return link such as, for example, a return link to the satellite 110. In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, the term "manual interconnection" may refer to an interconnection adjacent to the ear where an audio output is provided from an interconstruded loudspeaker of the radioterminal where the intercomtruded loudspeaker of the radioterminal (and the radioterminal) are placed near / adjacent to the head / user's ear during communications and the term hands-free interconnection can refer to any interconnection remote from the ear that allows the radioterminal to be separated from the head / ear of the user during communications. A manual and / or adjacent interconnection to the ear, for example, can be provided by a built-in loudspeaker in the radiotelephone by providing an audio output (corresponding to the received wireless communications) in an appropriate volume for use with the built-in loudspeaker and the placed radiotelephone close / adjacent to the head / ear of the user. A hands-free interconnection and / or remote from the ear, for example, can be any interconnection that allows the use of the radioteleminal separated from the head / ear of the user during wireless communications. For example, a hands-free and / or remote interconnection of the ear can include a telephone speaker interconnection and / or an interconnection for a remote hearing aid (held and / or unattached) in ways that an audio output can be provided ( corresponding to received wireless communications) without providing the radiotelephone near / adjacent to the head / ear of the user during communications. More particularly, a telephone speaker interconnect may include a built-in loudspeaker in the radiotelephone configured to provide an audio output (corresponding to received wireless communications) in an appropriate volume for use with the built-in loudspeaker and the radiotelephone separated from the head / user's ear, and the same built-in loudspeaker can be used for manual / adjacent to the ear and hands-free / remote interconnections depending on the volume at which it is activated, or different interconstructed loudspeakers can be used for manual / adjacent interconnections to the ear and hands-free / away from the ear. In addition, the telephone speaker interconnect may include an interconnection for a grid configured to receive the radio terminal and couple the radio terminal to a remote speaker; a wireless interconnection configured to couple the radioterminal to a remote speaker and / or a built-in speaker (in the radioterminal) configured to provide audio output (corresponding to received wireless communications) to a volume for use with an inter-built speaker and a radio-terminal separate from the head / ear of the user, for example during the press-to-talk operations, press-to-transmit operations and / or walkie-talkie type operations. In addition, a hands-free and / or remote interconnection of the ear can include an interconnection of data (such as a display screen) that provides a graphic output to be observed by the radiioterminal separated from the head / ear of the user. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the processor 510 may be a data processor that includes one or more microprocessors and / or digital signal processors. It will be further understood that the radioterminal 120 'may include radio frequency components, man-machine interconnection components and / or other conventional components in addition to those components illustrated specifically. Satellite / hands-free / companion device operations may be provided, at least in part, by a stored program that runs on the processor 510 that operates in response to the man-machine interconnection components, other interconnection components, a signal transmitted by the radioterminal 120 'and / or a signal received by the radioterminal 120'. Software combinations and / or other hardware can also be used to implement satellite / hands-free / companion device interlocking operations. Figure 6 is a flow diagram illustrating the operations that can be carried out to provide satellite / hands-free interlock for the radioterminal 120 'used with a companion device 600 and figures 5a and 5b according to various modes of the present invention. With reference to Figure 6 a determination can be made in block 651 if there has been a request for high power transmissions, such as transmissions to satellite 110. High power transmissions can refer to transmissions above a threshold power and / or an EIRP level. For example, transmissions on a return link to satellite 110 may be at or above the threshold power and / or the EIRP level and transmissions on a return link to ATC 130 may be at or below a threshold power and / or an EIRP level. The threshold power and / or the EIRP level can be a SAR threshold power and / or an EIRP level. According to some modalities, any request for transmission to a satellite may be a request for high power transmissions and / or high EIRP and any request for transmissions to an ATC may be a request for low power transmissions and / or low EIRP. According to other modalities, some requests for transmissions to a relatively distant ATC may be requests for high power transmissions and / or high EIRP. A request for high power transmission and / or high EIRP can be based on a user's radio user request to use the satellite mode; a system request to use satellite mode; a system request to operate the user's radio terminal from an ATC mode and / or a cellular / PCS mode to a satellite mode; a system request to increase the transmission power to an ATC and / or cellular base station / PCS (for example, if the radioterminal moves far enough from an ATC); and / or a system and / or user radio-terminus request to establish communications using a relatively distant ATC and / or cellular / PCS base station. If a high power transmission and / or high EIRP transmission mode is requested in block 651, a test can be performed to determine if a companion device is available to provide companion device transmitter operations in block 653. The availability of a companion device can be detected when attempting to establish a communications link (e.g. using a wireless interconnection 512 and / or a plug / interconnect 516 of companion device) with the companion device. If a companion device is available in block 653, then the high power and / or high EIRP transmission mode can be input to block 657 and the radioerial can communicate with relatively high power and / or EIRP transmissions. high using a power amplifier and / or antenna of a companion device. More particularly, the high power and / or high EIRP transmission mode can be entered into block 657 for communication with satellite 110 through the companion device. In the alternatives, the high power and / or high EIRP transmission mode can be entered into block 657 for communication with an ATC and / or relatively distant cell / PCS base station through the companion device. Alternatively, if a companion device is not detected in block 653, in block 655 the user may be provided with a notification. This user notification may be in the form of an audible signal (for example using loudspeaker 518) and / or a visual signal (for example using screen 527) and / or using any other type of notification that is perceptible to a human with or without non-human sensory improvements. User notifications for various other purposes are well known to those skilled in the art so that the design of the user notification in block 655 will not be described in detail herein. After user notification, a test can again be performed in block 653 to determine if a companion device is available. The user of the radioterminal can then be allowed, for a certain period of time, to provide coupling with an active companion device prior to a subsequent test in block 653 to determine if the companion device is available. If a companion device becomes available, the high frequency transmission mode and / or high EIRP can be introduced in block 657 so that the radio terminal can communicate with relatively high power and / or high EIRP communications using an amplifier of power and / or the antenna of the companion device. If the companion device is not available for the allowed period of time, the request for high power transmission and / or high EIRP can be denied. Alternatively, the test in block 653 can be performed only once, and the request for a high power transmission and / or elevated EIRP can simply be denied if a companion device is not immediately present. In other additional embodiments, notification to the user of block 655 may not be made and the request for a high power transmission and / or high EIRP may be denied. In other additional embodiments, the high power transmission and / or high EIRP may be provided by the radioterminal transceiver 521 for a predetermined time interval after the request for high power transmission and / or high EIRP when not immediately available the companion device. During the predetermined Time Interval, the user can be notified at least once by the radioterminal to provide a coupling with a companion device and / or provide predetermined position / orientation of the radioterminal antenna 524. If a companion device and / or a predetermined / position of the radioterminal antenna is provided within a predetermined time interval, and high frequency and / or high EIRP transmissions can continue uninterrupted. If during the predetermined time interval a companion device and / or a predetermined position / orientation of the radioterminal antenna is not provided, the high power transmission and / or high EIRP can be interrupted and / or terminated. Fig. 7 is a flow diagram illustrating the operations that can be carried out to provide a satellite / hands-free interlock for the radioterminal 120 'used with a companion device 600 of Figs. 5a and 5b according to various modalities of the present invention. With reference to Figure 7, a determination may be made in block 751 if there has been a request for a high power transmission and / or high EIRP, such as a request for transmission to satellite 110. High power transmissions and / o High EIRP can refer to transmissions above a threshold power and / or an EIRP level. For example, the transmissions on a return link to the satellite 110 may be above the threshold power and / or the EIRP level and the transmissions on a return link to the ATC 130 may be below the threshold power and / or level EIRP. According to some embodiments, any request for transmission to a satellite can be a request for high power transmissions and / or high EIRP and any request for transmissions to an ATC base station and / or PCS cellular can be an application for transmissions of low power and / or low EIRP. According to other embodiments, some requests for transmissions to a relatively distant ACT and / or PCS base station may be requests for high power transmissions and / or high EIRP. A request for high power transmission and / or high EIRP can be based on a user's radio user request to use satellite mode; a system request to use satellite mode; a system request for changing the user's radio terminal from an ATC mode and / or a PCS cellular mode to a satellite mode; a system request to increase the transmission power to an ATC (for example, if the radioterminal moves far enough from ATC); and / or a user system and / or radio user request to establish communications using a relatively distant ATC and / or cellular base station / PCS. If the high power transmission and / or high EIRP transmission mode is requested in block 751, in block 753 a test can be performed to determine if the hands-free operation of the radio terminal is active. In block 753, the hands-free operation can be detected, for example, by detecting that a fixed microphone and hearing aid has been inserted in an appropriate socket / interconnection of the radio terminal, on detecting that a wired connection has been made and / or wireless local area network and / or personal area network) and / or using other techniques for detection in the use of a hands-free interconnection. In block 753 if a hands-free operation is detected, then in block 759 a high power transmission and / or high EIRP transmission mode can be introduced with high power transmission and / or high EIRP which is provided using a transceiver interconstructed and an antenna of the radioterminal. If no hands-free operation is detected in block 753, a test can be performed to determine if a companion device is available to provide companion device transmission operations in block 755. The availability of a device can be detected. of company when attempting to establish a communications link (e.g. using a wireless 512 interconnect and / or a companion device 516 plug-in / interconnect) with the companion device.

In block 755, if the companion device is available, then in block 759 a high power transmission and / or high EIRP transmission mode can be introduced so that the radioterminal can communicate with a relatively high power and / or transmissions of elevated EIRP using the power amplifier and / or antenna of the companion device. More particularly, high power transmission and / or high EIRP transmission mode can be introduced in block 759 for communications, for example, with satellite 110 through the companion device. In the alternatives, in block 759 the high power transmission and / or high EIRP transmission mode can be introduced for communication with an ATC and / or relatively distant cell / PCS base station through the companion device. Alternatively, if no hands-free operation is detected in block 753 and no companion device is detected in block 755, a user notification may be provided in block 757. User notification may also be provided in block 757 in response to not detecting hands-free operation in block 753 and before attempting to detect a companion device in block 755 (or concurrently when attempting to detect a companion device in block 755). This user notification may be in the form of an audible signal (for example using the loudspeaker 518 and / or any other radio-terminal component that can produce an audible signal) and / or a visual signal (for example using the 527 screen) and / or using any other type of notification that is perceptible by a human with or without non-human sensitive improvements. User notifications for various other purposes are well known to those skilled in the art so that the design of user notifications of block 757 need not be described in detail here. After user-delay notification, they can be perform the tests again on blocks 753 and 755 so that a hands-free operation and / or a companion device is detected. In this way, a user of the radioterminal can be allowed for a certain time to provide hands-free operation and / or provide a companion device before one or more subsequent tests are performed in block 753 and / or 755 to determine if a hands-free operation and / or a companion device has been detected. If hands-free operation and / or a companion device is available, a high-frequency transmission mode and / or high EIRP can be introduced in block 659 so that the radio-serial can communicate with relatively high-power transmissions and / or high EIRP using an interconstructed transceiver and an antenna in a hands-free mode and (or using a power amplifier and / or companion device antenna in the hands-free mode of operation and / or manual mode If the hands-free mode of operation or a companion device does not become available for a permitted and / or predetermined time period, the request for a high power transmission and / or high EIRP may be denied. , the allowed and / or predetermined time period can be programmed in advance in the radio terminal, it can be provided by the system and can be transmitted to the radio terminal and / or it may depend on the power and / or the EIRP level of the radioterminal. Alternatively, the tests in blocks 753 and / or 755 can be performed only once, and the request for high power transmission and / or elevated EIRP can simply be denied if the hands-free operation is not immediately available and / or the companion device. In other additional embodiments, the user notification in block 757 may not be performed, and the request for a high power and / or high EIRP transmission may be denied. In other additional modalities, high power and / or high EIRP transmission can be provided by the radioterminal transceiver 521 for a time interval after the request for a high power transmission and / or high EIRP although the hands-free operation is not available or the companion device. During the time interval, the user can be notified at least once by the radioterminal to provide hands-free operation and / or coupling with a companion device. If the hands-free operation and / or the companion device is provided within a time interval, the high power and / or high EIRP transmissions may continue uninterruptedly. If the hands-free operation and / or the companion device are not provided during the time interval, the high power transmission and / or high EIRP can be interrupted and / or terminated.

Although the flowchart of Figure 7 shows that a test to detect hands-free operation in block 753 may precede a test to detect a companion device in block 755, the order of these tests may be reversed and / or the tests can be performed substantially at the same time. For example, both tests can be performed consecutively or substantially at the same time and if the radio-terminal is operating in a hands-free mode of operation and a companion device is available, the radio-terminal can introduce a high-power transmission mode and / or elevated EIRP in block 759 using either an interconstructed transceiver and an antenna and / or a power amplifier and an antenna of the companion device. For example, the radioterminal may preferentially select to use a power amplifier and an antenna of the companion device because high power and / or EIRP may be available. If the high power transmission and / or high EIRP transmission mode is initially introduced in block 759 using an interconstructed transceiver and an antenna with the radio operator operated in the hands-free mode, the radiotelephone can subsequently switch to a transmission mode High power and / or high EIRP using a power amplifier and an antenna of a companion device when the companion device is subsequently attached (either wired or wireless) to the radiotelephone or the radioterminal can continue to use the 521 transceiver Built-in antenna 524 of the radioterminal and transceiver 612 and antenna 614 of the companion device. In addition, separate notification operations can be provided whether the hands-free operation is not available in block 753 and / or the companion device transmitter operation is not available in block 755. For example, the user notification if hands-free operation is not available in block 753 before determining whether the operation of the companion device transmitter is available in block 755, and a second user notification in block 757 may be provided if not the transmitter operation of the companion device is available. Similarly, separate user notification operations may be provided if the order of operations of blocks 755 and 757 are reversed and / or if they are provided simultaneously. In other embodiments, the hands-free operation of a radioterminal and / or the operation of a companion device may not be necessary and the flow diagram of Figure 6 and / or Figure 7 may not be used if the radioterminal is configured to operate in the telephone speaker mode (ie, in the walkie-talkie mode, in the push-to-talk mode and / or any other mode that does not allow or requires the user to operate the radioterminal adjacent to an ear ) when communicating with a power level and / or EIRP that exceeds or that is equal to the threshold.

In additional embodiments, the hands-free operation of a radioterminal and / or the operation of a companion device may not be necessary and the flow diagram of Figure 6 and / or Figure 7 may not be used if the radioterminal is configured with an appropriately positioned / oriented antenna (that is, either properly positioned / oriented permanently or configured to be properly positioned / oriented selectively by a user of the radioterminal) that maintains a minimum distance between the element (s) ) radiating from the antenna and the user's head when the user communicates with the radioterminal adjacent to an ear. It will be understood that the radioterminal is configured with an antenna that can be selectively positioned / oriented in an appropriate manner by a user who can provide notification to the user, using a flow chart technique / methodology similar to that illustrated in Figure 6 and / or Figure 7 to notify the user of a radiotelemal communication mode that requires an antenna status selectively placed / oriented Appropriately if the antenna of the radioterminal is not properly positioned / oriented substantially in the proper position / orientation condition that is required by the communication mode of the radioterminal. An alternative or addition for providing a notification to the user of the radioterminal of a radioteleminal communications mode that requires an antenna status selectively placed / oriented in an appropriate manner if the antenna of the radioerminal is not positioned / oriented in a substantially appropriate manner in the appropriate position / orientation status that is required by the communication mode of the radioterminal, a notification to the user can also be provided to configure the manual interconnection of the radioterminal in the telephone speaker mode and / or in the oppressive mode to speak and in this way increase the distance between the radiant element of the antenna of said antenna of the radioterminal and the head of the user. In some embodiments, the radioterminal may comprise a plurality of vocoder (voice coder) transmission rates, one of which may be selected and used to provide voice communications and / or a plurality of data rates, one of which can be selected and used to provide data communications and the radioterminal can be configured to preferentially select and use a vocoder transmission rate and / or a data transmission rate that is low (or lower) in comparison with other vocoder and / or data transmission rates included in the radio-terminal when the radio-terminal provides communications that are in space and / or terrestrial communications and thus reduce the power and / or the level of EIRP used by the radio-terminal to provide communications that are in space and / or land. The transmission speed of the vocoder and / or data that can be received by the radioterminal from an ATC and / or a component that is in space may be higher than the vocoder transmission speed and / or data transmitted by the radio terminal. to the ATC and / or to the component that is in the space. In some embodiments, the radioterminal transceiver comprises a power amplifier (PA) that is configured to provide a first level of maximum output power when the radio terminal is provided with terrestrial communications, and a second level of maximum output power when The radiotelephone is provided with communications that are in the space. In some embodiments, the second level of maximum output power is greater than the first level of maximum output power. In other embodiments, the radioterminal transceiver can be configured with a plurality of power amplifiers that correspond to a respective plurality of maximum output power levels and / or frequency bands that the radioterminal uses to provide terrestrial communications and / or that they are in space. The transceiver of the radioterminal can be configured with a low noise amplifier (LNA) that is used by the radioterminal to receive terrestrial communications and that are in the space or the transceiver of the radioterminal can comprise a first and second LNA, where the first LNA is used by the radioterminal to receive terrestrial communications and the second LNA is used by the radioterminal to receive communications that are in space. In some embodiments, the amount of noise (NF) of the radioterminal transceiver is at a lower value (dB) when the transceiver of the radioterminal is provided with communications that are in space compared to the NF of the transceiver of the radioterminal when the radioterminal is provided with terrestrial communications. In additional modalities, one or more of the antenna elements of the radioterminal are configured to transmit communications to an ATC and / or a component that is in space using electromagnetic energy substantially circularly polarized (CP) and / or linearly polarized (LP) and the ATC and / or the component that is in the space are configured to transmit communications to the radioterminal using substantially CP and / or LP electromagnetic energy and one or more elements of the radioterminal antenna are configured to receive and process the electromagnetic energy. CP and / or LP that is transmitted from the ATC and / or the component that is in the space and that is received in the radio terminal. In the drawings and specification embodiments of the invention have been described and although specific terms have been used, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only, and not for purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention is set forth in the following claims.

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1. NOVELTY OF THE INVENTION CLAIMS 1. - A radioterminal characterized in that it comprises: a transceiver that is configured to transmit and receive wireless communications, wherein the transceiver is additionally configured to transmit high power communications at a power and / or equivalent isotropic radiated power (EIRP) that is greater than or equal to a high power threshold and for transmitting low power communications to a power and / or EIRP that is less than or equal to the low power threshold; a manual interconnection coupled to the transceiver; and an interlock coupled to the transceiver, wherein the interlock is configured to allow the transceiver to transmit low power communications to the power and / or EIRP that is less than or equal to the low power threshold and prevent the transceiver from transmitting high communications. power to a power and / or EIRP that is greater than or equal to the high power threshold in response to a manual interconnection that is activated.
2. 2. The radioterminal according to claim 1, further characterized in that the transceiver is configured to transmit high power communications for communications that are in space and to transmit low power communications for terrestrial communications. 3. - The radioterminal according to claim 1, further characterized in that the transceiver includes at least one amplifier configured to amplify low power communications and to amplify high power communications, and wherein the interlock is configured to disable communications of high power in response to the activation of a manual interconnection. 4. The radioterminal according to claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises: a manual interconnection coupled to the transceiver, wherein the interlock is additionally configured to enable the transceiver to transmit high power communications in response to the activation of the interconnection of the transceiver. free hands. 5. The radioterminal according to claim 4, further characterized in that the hands-free interconnection comprises a coupling for a remote hearing aid and / or loudspeaker. 6. The radioterminal according to claim 5, further characterized in that the coupling of the hearing aid and / or remote speaker comprises a fastened and / or unattached coupling. 7. The radioterminal according to claim 5, further characterized in that the coupling for the hearing aid and / or remote speaker comprises an interconnection for a grid configured to receive the radio-terminal and to couple the radio-terminal to a remote speaker. 8. - The radioterminal according to claim 4, further characterized in that the hands-free interconnection comprises a telephone loudspeaker interconnection. 9. The radioterminal according to claim 1, further characterized in that it comprises: an interconnection for a companion device, wherein the interconnection is configured to provide communications from the radioterminal to the companion device and to provide communications from the companion device to the radioterminal. 10. The radioterminal according to claim 9, further characterized in that the interconnection comprises a wireless interconnection and / or a wired interconnection. 11. The radioterminal according to claim 9, further characterized in that it comprises: a radioterminal antenna coupled to the transceiver, wherein the companion device includes a companion antenna, and wherein the gain of the companion antenna is greater that the antenna gain of the radioterminal. 12. The radioterminal according to claim 9, further characterized in that the transceiver includes an amplifier within the radioterminal, wherein the companion device includes an amplifier within the companion device and wherein the power output of the amplifier within the companion device is greater than the power output of the amplifier inside the radioterminal. 13. - The radioterminal according to claim 1, further characterized in that the hands-free interconnection comprises an interconstructed loudspeaker configured to provide audio output corresponding to wireless communications received by the transceiver and / or by a device that is wirelessly coupled and / or not wirelessly to the radioterminal. 14. The radioterminal according to claim 1, further characterized in that it comprises: a hands-free interconnection coupled to the transceiver, wherein, in response to a request to transmit high-power communications when manual interconnection is active, the interlock is set to provide a user notification to activate hands-free interconnection. 15. The radioterminal according to claim 14, further characterized in that the interlock is further configured to enable the transceiver to transmit the high-power communications in response to the activation of the hands-free interconnection. 16. The radioterminal according to claim 15, further characterized in that the interlock is further configured to allow the transceiver to transmit high power communications for a period of time after the request to transmit high power communications and before activation. of hands-free interconnection. 17. The radioterminal according to claim 1, further characterized in that it comprises: an interconnection for a company device, wherein, in response to a request to transmit the high-power communications, the interlock is configured to provide a user notification to activate the interconnection for the companion device. 18. The radioterminal according to claim 17, further characterized in that the interlock is further configured to provide communications from the radioterminal through the interconnection to the companion device and / or to provide communications from the companion device through the interconnection to the radioterminal in response to the activation of the interconnection for the companion device. 19. The radioterminal according to claim 17, further characterized in that the interlock is further configured to allow the transceiver to transmit the high power communications for a period of time after the request to transmit high power communications and before the activation of the interconnection for the companion device. 20. The radioterminal according to claim 1, further characterized in that the interlock is further configured to allow the transceiver to transmit the low power communications when the manual interconnection is activated. 21. A method of operation of a radioterminal that includes a transceiver configured to transmit high power communications at a power and / or equivalent isotropic radiated power (EIRP) that is greater than or equal to a threshold of high power and to transmit low power communications at a power and / or EIRP that is less than or equal to a low power threshold, and a manual interconnection, characterized in that it comprises: allowing the transceiver to transmit low power communications to power and / or EIRP that is less than or equal to the low power threshold when manual interconnection is activated; and preventing the transceiver from transmitting high power communications to power and / or EIRP that is greater than or equal to the high power threshold in response to the manual interconnection that is activated. 22. The method according to claim 21, further characterized in that the transceiver is configured to provide communications that are in space and wireless terrestrial communications and where the transceiver is configured to transmit high power communications for communications that are found in space and to transmit low-power communications for wireless terrestrial communications. 23. The method according to claim 21, further characterized in that the transceiver includes at least one amplifier configured to amplify low power communications and to amplify high power communications, and where to prevent the transceiver from transmitting high power communications when manual interconnection is activated. it comprises disabling and / or limiting at least one amplifier in response to the manual interconnection that is activated. 24. The method according to claim 21, further characterized in that the radioterminal further includes a hands-free interconnection coupled to the transceiver, characterized in that it further comprises: enabling the transceiver to transmit high-power communications in response to the interconnection of hands Free that is activated. 25. The method according to claim 24, further characterized in that the hands-free interconnection comprises a coupling for a remote hearing aid and / or loudspeaker. 26. The method according to claim 24, further characterized in that the hands-free interconnection comprises a telephone loudspeaker interconnection. 27. The method according to claim 21, further characterized in that the radioterminal further includes an interconnection for a companion device, the method further comprising: providing communications from the radioterminal through the interconnection to the companion device and / or providing communications from the companion device through the interconnection to the radioterminal. 28. The method according to claim 21, further characterized in that the manual interconnection comprises a built-in speaker configured to provide an audio output corresponding to wireless communications received by the transceiver and / or by another device that is coupled to the Radioterminal 29. The method according to claim 21, further characterized in that the radioterminal includes a hands-free interconnection coupled to the transceiver, the method further comprising: providing a user notification to activate the hands-free interconnection in response to a request for transmit high-power communications when hands-free interconnection is active. The method according to claim 29, further characterized in that it comprises: enabling the transceiver to transmit the high-power communications in response to the activation of a hands-free interconnection. 31. The method according to claim 30, further characterized in that it comprises: after the request to transmit the high-power communications and before the activation of the hands-free interconnection, enable the transceiver for a period of time to transmit High power communications when manual interconnection is active. 32.- The method according to claim 21, further characterized in that the radioterminal includes an interconnection for a companion device, the method further comprising: providing a user notification to activate the interconnection for the companion device in response to a Request to transmit high-power communications when manual interconnection is active. The method according to claim 32, further characterized in that it comprises: providing communications from the radio-terminal through the interconnection to the companion device and / or providing communications from the companion device through the interconnection to the radio-terminal in response to the activation of the interconnection for the companion device. The method according to claim 32, further characterized in that it comprises: enabling the transceiver to transmit high power communications for a period of time when the manual interconnection is activated after the request to transmit high power communications and before the activation of the interconnection for the companion device. 35.- A radioterminal, characterized in that it comprises: a transceiver that is configured for communications that are in space and for terrestrial wireless communications; a hands-free interconnection; and a satellite / hands-free interlock that is configured to prevent the transceiver from transmitting communications that are in space unless the hands-free interconnection is activated. 36.- The radioterminal according to claim 35, further characterized in that the hands-free interconnection comprises a coupling for a remote hearing aid and / or a telephone speaker interconnection. 37.- The radioterminal according to claim 35, further characterized in that it comprises: a manual interconnection, wherein the interlock is additionally configured to prevent the transceiver from transmitting communications that are in the space when the manual interconnection is activated. 38. The radiotracer according to claim 37, further characterized in that the manual interconnection comprises an interconstructed loudspeaker configured to provide an audio output corresponding to wireless communications received by the transceiver and / or another device that is coupled to the radio terminal. 39.- The radioterminal according to claim 37, further characterized in that the satellite / hands-free interlock is configured to provide a user notification to activate hands-free interconnection in response to a request to transmit communications that are in space when manual interconnection is activated. The radioterminal according to claim 39, further characterized in that the satellite / hands-free interlock is additionally configured to allow the transceiver to transmit communications that are in space for a period of time after the request to transmit communications that it is in space without activation of the hands-free interconnection. 41.- The radioterminal according to claim 37, further characterized in that the satellite / hands-free interlock is additionally configured to allow the transceiver to transmit terrestrial communications when manual interconnection is activated. 42.- A method for operating a radioterminal that includes a transceiver configured for communications that are in space and for terrestrial wireless communications, and a hands-free interconnection, characterized in that it comprises: allowing the transceiver to transmit terrestrial wireless communications when it is not activated hands-free interconnection; and prevent the transceiver from transmitting space-based communications unless the hands-free interconnection is activated. 43.- The method according to claim 42, further characterized in that the hands-free interconnection comprises a coupling for a remote hearing aid and / or a telephone speaker interconnection. 44. The method according to claim 42, further characterized in that it comprises: preventing the transceiver from transmitting communications that are in space when the manual interconnection is activated. 45. - The method according to claim 44, further characterized in that the manual interconnection comprises an interconstructed loudspeaker configured to provide an audio output corresponding to wireless communications received by the transceiver and / or by another device that is coupled to the radio terminal when it is activates manual interconnection. 46. The method according to claim 44, further characterized in that it comprises: providing a user notification to activate the hands-free interconnection in response to a request to transmit communications that are in the space when the manual interconnection is activated. 47. The method according to claim 46, further characterized in that it comprises: enabling the transceiver to transmit the communications that are in the space for a period of time after the request to transmit the communications that are in the space without activation of hands-free interconnection when manual interconnection is activated. 48. The method according to claim 44, further characterized in that it comprises: allowing the transceiver to transmit terrestrial communications when the manual interconnection is activated. 49.- A radioterminal characterized in that it comprises: a transceiver that is configured for communications that are in space and for terrestrial wireless communications; an antenna that is selectively configurable in at least one position and / or low profile or high profile orientation; and a satellite interlock that is configured to prevent the transceiver from transmitting communications at high power and / or EIRP that is greater than or equal to a threshold in response to an antenna that is configured at the low profile position and / or orientation, to allow the transceiver to transmit communications with the high power and / or EIRP in response to the antenna that is configured in the high profile position and / or orientation, and to allow the transceiver to transmit communications with a low power and / or EIRP which is less than or equal to a threshold independent of the position and / or orientation of the antenna. 50.- A radioterminal characterized in that it comprises: a transceiver that is configured for communications that are in space and for terrestrial wireless communications; a user interface that is selectively configurable in at least one telephone speaker mode, one push mode to send and one push mode to speak or close to a user's ear mode; and a satellite interlock that is configured to prevent the transceiver from transmitting communications to a power and / or EIRP that is greater than or equal to a threshold in response to a user interconnection that is configured in the near-ear mode of a user. 51.- The radioterminal according to claim 49, further characterized in that the position and / or high profile orientation of the antenna maintains a distance from the radioterminal and / or the head of the user that is greater than a distance maintained by the position and / or low profile orientation of the antenna from the radioterminal and / or the user's head. 52. A radioterminal, characterized in that it comprises: a transceiver that is configured to transmit and receive wireless communications, wherein the transceiver is additionally configured to transmit high power communications greater than a threshold power and to transmit low power communications less than a threshold power; a manual interconnection coupled to the transceiver; and an interlock coupled to the transceiver, wherein the interlock is configured to allow the transceiver to transmit low power communications less than the threshold power and to prevent the transceiver from transmitting high power communications greater than the threshold power in response to the manual interconnection is activated. 53.- The radioterminal according to claim 52, further characterized in that the transceiver is configured to transmit high power communications for communications that are in space and to transmit low power communications for terrestrial communications. The radioterminal according to claim 52, further characterized in that it comprises: a hands-free interconnection coupled to the transceiver, wherein the interlock is further configured to allow the transceiver to transmit high-power communications in response to being activated the hands-free interconnection. The radioterminal according to claim 52, further characterized in that it comprises: an interconnection for a companion device wherein the interconnection is configured to provide communications from the radio terminal to the companion device and / or provide communications from the companion device to the radioterminal. 56.- The radioterminal according to claim 52, further characterized in that the manual interconnection comprises an interconstructed loudspeaker configured to provide an audio output corresponding to the wireless communications received by the transceiver and / or by a device that is coupled in a manner wireless and / or non-wireless to the radioterminal. The radioterminal according to claim 52, further characterized in that it comprises: a hands-free interconnection coupled to the transceiver, wherein, in response to a request to transmit high-power communications when manual interconnection is active, the interlock is set to provide a user notification to activate hands-free interconnection. 58. The radioterminal according to claim 57, further characterized in that the interlock is further configured to allow the transceiver to transmit the high-power communications in response to the activation of the hands-free interconnection. 59.- The radioterminal according to claim 58, further characterized in that the interlock is further configured to allow the transceiver to transmit the high-power communications for a period of time after the request to transmit the high-power communications and before the activation of hands-free interconnection. 60.- The radioterminal according to claim 52, further characterized in that the interlock is further configured to allow the transceiver to transmit the low power communications when the manual interconnection is activated. 61.- The radioterminal according to claim 52, further characterized in that the transceiver is configured to transmit high power communications at an equivalent isotropic radiated power (EIRP) greater than the threshold power, and to transmit the low power communications to equivalent radiated power (EIRP) lower than the threshold power. 62.- The radioterminal according to claim 52, further characterized in that the power threshold includes a low power threshold and a high power threshold, wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit high power communications greater than the power threshold. high power and to transmit low power communications lower than the low power threshold, and where the interlock is configured to prevent the transceiver from transmitting high power communications greater than the high power threshold when manual interconnection is activated. 63. A method for operating a radio terminal including a transceiver configured to transmit high power communications greater than a threshold power and to transmit low power communications less than a threshold power, and a manual interconnection, characterized in that it comprises: allowing the transceiver transmits low power communications less than the threshold power when manual interconnection is activated; and preventing the transceiver from transmitting high-power communications greater than the threshold power in response to the activation of manual interconnection. 64.- The method according to claim 63, further characterized in that the transceiver is configured to provide communications that are in space and wireless terrestrial communications and where the transceiver is configured to transmit high power communications for communications that are found in space and to transmit low-power communications for wireless terrestrial communications. The method according to claim 63, further characterized in that the radioterminal further includes a hands-free interconnection coupled to the transceiver, the method further comprising: enabling the transceiver to transmit the high-power communications in response to the activation of the hands-free interconnection. 66.- The method according to claim 63, further characterized in that the radioterminal additionally includes an interconnection for a companion device, the method further comprising: providing communications from a radioterminal through the interconnection to the companion device and / or provide communications from the companion device through the interconnection to the radioterminal. 67.- The method according to claim 63, further characterized in that the manual interconnection comprises an interconstructed loudspeaker configured to provide an audio output corresponding to the wireless communications received by the transceiver and / or by another device coupled to the transceiver. 68.- The method according to claim 63, further characterized in that the radioterminal includes a hands-free interconnection coupled to the transceiver, the method further comprising: providing a user notification to activate the hands-free interconnection in response to a request for transmit high-power communications when manual interconnection is active. 69.- The method according to claim 68, further characterized in that it comprises: enabling the transceiver to transmit the high-power communications in response to the activation of the hands-free interconnection. 70. The method according to claim 69, further characterized in that it comprises: after the request to transmit the high-power communications and before the activation of the hands-free interconnection, enable the transceiver for a period of time to transmit High power communications when manual interconnection is active. 71.- The method according to claim 63, further characterized in that the radioterminal includes an interconnection for a companion device, the method further comprising: providing a user notification to activate the interconnection for the companion device in response to a request to transmit high-power communications when manual interconnection is active. The method according to claim 71, further characterized in that it comprises: providing the high-power communications from the radio-terminal through the interconnection to the companion device and / or providing communications from the companion device through the interconnection to the radioterminal in response to the activation of the interconnection for the companion device. The method according to claim 71, further characterized in that it comprises: enabling the transceiver to transmit high power communications for a period of time when the manual interconnection is activated after the request to transmit high power communications and before the activation of the interconnection for the companion device. 74.- The method according to claim 63, further characterized in that the transceiver is configured to transmit high power communications at an equivalent isotropic radiated power (EIRP) greater than the power threshold and to transmit low power communications at an equivalent radiated power (EIRP) less than the threshold of power. The method according to claim 63, further characterized in that the power threshold includes a low power threshold and a high power threshold where the transceiver is configured to transmit high power communications greater than the high power threshold. power and for transmitting low power communications less than the low power threshold, and wherein preventing the transceiver from transmitting high power communications comprises preventing the transceiver from transmitting high power communications greater than a high power threshold when the manual interconnection is activated. 76.- The radioterminal according to claim 35, further characterized in that the transceiver is configured to transmit high power communications to a power and / or EIRP that is greater than or equal to a high power threshold and to transmit low communications. power to a power and / or EIRP that is less than or equal to a low power threshold. 77.- The radioterminal according to claim 35, further characterized in that the transceiver includes at least one amplifier configured to amplify low power communications for transmission to a power and / or EIRP that is less than or equal to a low threshold. power and to amplify high power communications for transmission to a power and / or EIRP that is greater than or equal to a high power threshold. 78.- The radioterminal according to claim 35, further characterized in that the interlock is further configured to enable the transceiver to transmit high power communications to a power and / or EIRP that is greater than or equal to a high power threshold when the hands-free interconnection is activated. 79.- The radioterminal according to claim 35, further characterized in that the hands-free interconnection comprises a coupling for a remote hearing aid and / or loudspeaker. 80.- The radioterminal according to claim 79, further characterized in that the coupling of the hearing aid and / or remote speaker comprises a fixed and / or unattached coupling. 81.- The radioterminal according to claim 79, further characterized in that the coupling for the hearing aid and / or remote speaker comprises an interconnection for a grid configured to receive the radio-terminal and / or to couple the radio-terminal to a remote speaker. 82.- The radioterminal according to claim 35, further characterized in that the hands-free interconnection comprises a telephone speaker interconnection. 83.- The radioterminal according to claim 35, further characterized in that it comprises: an interconnection for a companion device, wherein the interconnection is configured to provide communications from the radioterminal to the companion device and / or to provide communications from the device from company to the radioterminal. 84.- The radioterminal according to claim 83, further characterized in that the interconnection comprises a wireless interconnection and / or a wired interconnection. The radioterminal according to claim 83, further characterized in that it comprises: a radioterminal antenna coupled to the transceiver, wherein the companion device includes a companion antenna, and wherein the gain of the companion antenna is greater than the gain of the radioterminal antenna. 86.- The radioterminal according to claim 83, further characterized in that the transceiver includes a transmit amplifier and a low noise amplifier within the radioterminal, wherein the companion device includes a transmit amplifier and / or a low noise amplifier within the companion device, and wherein a power output of the transmit amplifier within the companion device is greater than the power output of the companion device. Transmission amplifier within the radioterminal and / or a noise amount of the low noise amplifier within the companion device is less than or equal to a quantity of noise from the low noise amplifier within the radioterminal. The radioterminal according to claim 35, further characterized in that it comprises a manual interconnection configured to provide communications received by the transceiver and / or or by a device that is wired and / or wirelessly coupled to the radioterminal. 88.- The radioterminal according to claim 87, further characterized in that in response to a request to transmit high power communications to a power and / or EIRP that is greater than or equal to a high power threshold when the manual interconnection is active, the interlock is configured to provide a user notification to activate hands-free interconnection. 89.- The radioterminal according to claim 88, further characterized in that the interlock is further configured to allow the transceiver to transmit high-power communications in response to the activation of the hands-free interconnection. 90.- The radioterminal according to claim 88, further characterized in that the interlock is further configured to allow the transceiver to transmit the high-power communications for a period of time after the request to transmit the high-power communications and before the activation of hands-free interconnection when manual interconnection is activated. 91.- The radioterminal according to claim 83, further characterized in that in response to a request to transmit high power communications to a power and / or EIRP that is greater than or equal to a high power threshold and / or to receive communications that are in space, the interlock is configured to provide a user notification to activate the interconnection for the companion device. 92.- The radioterminal according to claim 91, further characterized in that the interlocking is additionally configured to provide communications through the interconnection to the companion device and to provide communications through the interconnection to the radioterminal from the companion device in response to the activation of the interconnection of the companion device. 93.- The radioterminal according to claim 91, further characterized in that the interlock is further configured to allow the transceiver, for a period of time, to transmit the high-power communications after the user's notification to activate the interconnection for the company device and before the activation of the interconnection for the companion device. 94. The radioterminal according to claim 35, further characterized in that the interlock is further configured to allow the transceiver to transmit low power communications at a power and / or EIRP that is less than or equal to a low power threshold when activated the hands-free interconnection. The method according to claim 42, further characterized in that the transceiver is configured to transmit the communications that are in space to a power and / or EIRP that is greater than or equal to a high power threshold and for transmit terrestrial wireless communications to a power and / or EIRP that is less than or equal to a low power threshold. The method according to claim 42, further characterized in that the transceiver includes at least one amplifier configured to amplify the terrestrial wireless communications and to amplify the communications that are in the space, and where to prevent the transceiver from transmit the communications that are in the space unless the hands-free interconnection is activated, comprises disabling and / or limiting at least one amplifier unless the hands-free interconnection is activated. The method according to claim 42, further characterized in that the hands-free interconnection is coupled to the transceiver, the method further comprising: enabling the transceiver to transmit high power communications to a power and / or EIRP that is greater than or equal to a high power threshold when the hands-free interconnection is activated. The method according to claim 42, further characterized in that the hands-free interconnection comprises a coupling for a remote hearing aid and / or loudspeaker. The method according to claim 42, further characterized in that the hands-free interconnection comprises a telephone loudspeaker interconnection. 100.- The method according to claim 42, further characterized in that the radioterminal includes an interconnection for a companion device, the method additionally comprises: providing communications from the radioterminal through the interconnection to the companion device and / or provide communications from the companion device through the interconnection to the radioterminal. 101. The method according to claim 42, further characterized in that the radioterminal further includes a manual interconnection comprising a built-in speaker configured to provide an audio output corresponding to the wireless communications received by the transceiver and / or other device that attaches to the radioterminal. The method according to claim 42, further characterized in that the hands-free interconnection is coupled to the transceiver, the method further comprising: providing a user notification to activate hands-free interconnection in response to a request to transmit communications high power. 103. The method according to claim 102, further characterized in that it comprises: enabling the transceiver to transmit the high-power communications in response to the activation of the hands-free interconnection. 104. The method according to claim 102, further characterized in that it comprises: after the request to transmit the high-power communications and before the activation of the hands-free interconnection, enable the transceiver to transmit the high-power communications for a period of time. The method according to claim 42, further characterized in that the radioterminal includes an interconnection for a companion device, the method further comprising: providing a user notification to activate the interconnection for the companion device in response to a request to transmit high-power communications. 106.- The method according to claim 105, further characterized in that it comprises: providing communications from the radioterminal through the interconnection to the companion device and / or providing communications from the companion device through the interconnection to the radio terminal in response to the activation of the interconnection for the device. company. The method according to claim 105, further characterized in that it comprises: enabling the transceiver to transmit the high power communications for a period of time after the request to transmit high power communications and before the activation of the interconnection for the companion device. 108. The radioterminal according to claim 85, further characterized in that the radioterminal antenna comprises a polarized element substantially linearly and / or circularly polarized, and wherein the companion antenna comprises a substantially circularly polarized element.