Method and system for integrated stacking for handling channel stacking or band stacking

Abstract

A satellite reception assembly may include a housing configured to support receipt and handling of a plurality of satellite signals. The housing may include circuitry incorporating integrated stacking architecture for supporting and/or providing channel and/or band stacking whereby particular channels or bands, from multiple satellite signals that are received via the satellite reception assembly, may be combined onto a single output signal that may be communicated from the satellite reception assembly to a gateway device for concurrent distribution thereby to a plurality of client devices serviced by the gateway device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 - 20 . (canceled) 
     
     
         21 . A system, comprising:
 a signal receiver comprising one or more signal processing circuits configured to:
 receive two signals, wherein the two signals are different from one another based on at least one characteristic or parameter; 
 divide one or more portions from each the two signals into frequency bins; 
 weight each of the frequency bins; 
 generate an output signal based on the weighted frequency bins. 
   
     
     
         22 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the one or more signal processing circuits apply channel equalization to inputs that correspond to each of the two signals. 
     
     
         23 . The system of  claim 22 , wherein each of the inputs is based on processing a corresponding one of the two signals. 
     
     
         24 . The system of  claim 23 , wherein processing comprises applying one or more of amplification, mixing, filtering and analog-to-digital conversion. 
     
     
         25 . The system of  claim 22 , wherein the channel equalization is applied in frequency-domain, and the one or more signal processing circuits, when applying the channel equalization:
 apply frequency-domain equalization;   apply a fast Fourier transform (FFT) function before frequency-domain equalization; and   apply an inverse fast Fourier transform (iFFT) function after frequency-domain equalization.   
     
     
         26 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the weighting comprises power equalization. 
     
     
         27 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the signal receiver is operable to communicate the output signal to a device that distributes content from the output signal. 
     
     
         28 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the signal receiver is operable to communicate the output signal over a single link that is configured according to one or more of: a coaxial cable connection, a twisted-pair connection, a Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) connection, an Ethernet connection and a Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) based connection. 
     
     
         29 . The system of  claim 28 , wherein the one or more signal processing circuits are operable to combine the one or more portions, from each of the two received signals, according to a configuration of the single link. 
     
     
         30 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the one or more signal processing circuits are housed in the signal receiver. 
     
     
         31 . A method, comprising:
 receiving two signals, wherein the two signals are different from one another based on at least one characteristic or parameter;   dividing one or more portions from each the two signals into frequency bins;   weighting each of the frequency bins;   generating an output signal based on the weighted frequency bins.   
     
     
         32 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the method comprises: applying channel equalization to inputs that correspond to each of the two signals. 
     
     
         33 . The method of  claim 32 , wherein the method comprises: processing a corresponding one of the two signals to produce each of the inputs. 
     
     
         34 . The method of  claim 33 , wherein processing comprises applying one or more of amplification, mixing, filtering and analog-to-digital conversion. 
     
     
         35 . The method of  claim 32 , wherein the channel equalization is applied in frequency-domain, and applying the channel equalization comprises:
 applying frequency-domain equalization;   applying a fast Fourier transform (FFT) function before frequency-domain equalization; and   applying an inverse fast Fourier transform (iFFT) function after frequency-domain equalization.   
     
     
         36 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the weighting comprises power equalization. 
     
     
         37 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the method comprises: communicating the output signal to a device that distributes content from the output signal. 
     
     
         38 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the method comprises: communicating the output signal over a single link that is configured according to one or more of: a coaxial cable connection, a twisted-pair connection, a Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) connection, an Ethernet connection and a Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) based connection. 
     
     
         39 . The method of  claim 38 , wherein the method comprises: combining the one or more portions, from each of the two received signals, according to a configuration of the single link. 
     
     
         40 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the method is performed by one or more signal processing circuits that are housed in a signal receiver.