Systems and methods for transmitting and receiving diverse signals across
regions using a minimum of frequency capacity and maintaining
compatibility with the heritage system. A system of the invention
comprises at least one broadcast transmitter for transmitting a broadcast
signal in a first frequency band to a receiver, at least one gapfiller
transmitter for transmitting a gapfiller signal in a second frequency
band to the receiver and at least one set of reuse transmitters for
transmitting a plurality of spotbeam signals in the first frequency band
to define coverage regions and at least one coverage gap where the
spotbeam signals are not transmitted. A method of the invention comprises
receiving a first signal, receiving a second signal, generating a first
intermediate frequency (IF) signal from the first signal, generating a
second IF signal from the second signal, filtering the second IF signal
to produce a filtered second IF signal and combining the filtered second
IF signal and the first IF signal.