A satellite direct radio broadcast system is provided which assembles bits of broadcast programs into prime rate increments, several of which are assembled into a frame. Frames are divided into symbols which are demultiplexed into alternating ones of a plurality of prime rate channels. The broadcast...http://www.google.com/patents/US6185265?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6185265 - System for time division multiplexing broadcast channels with R-1/2 or R-3/4 convolutional coding for satellite transmission via on-board baseband processing payload or transparent payload