Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for supporting estimation of link acquisition time in satellite-based networks
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Application No.: US16896285Application Date: 2020-06-09
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Publication No.: US11488046B2Publication Date: 2022-11-01
- Inventor: William Carson McCormick
- Applicant: William Carson McCormick
- Applicant Address: CA Ottawa
- Assignee: William Carson McCormick
- Current Assignee: William Carson McCormick
- Current Assignee Address: CA Ottawa
- Main IPC: G06N7/00
- IPC: G06N7/00 ; H04B10/118

Abstract:
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for supporting estimation of inter-satellite link acquisition times in a satellite constellation. The method includes computing or generating an indication of a statistical model based on observations for prior link acquisition times. The method further includes communicating an indication such as a statistical model for link acquisition times or related parameters through a communication network, or a combination thereof. The indication may be communicated using one or more transmission techniques or protocols, such as flooding, a link state protocol or gossip protocol. Based on the disseminated indication, future link acquisition times can be predicted by satellites in the satellite constellation. Embodiments of the invention use a statistical-based computation approach, such as regression modelling or random variable modelling, to estimate link acquisition times or associated estimation parameters. The estimates or associated estimation parameters may then be disseminated through the constellation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210382178A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING ESTIMATION OF LINK ACQUISITION TIME IN SATELLITE-BASED NETWORKS Public/Granted day:2021-12-09
Information query
IPC分类:
G | 物理 |
G06 | 计算;推算或计数 |
G06N | 基于特定计算模型的计算机系统 |
G06N7/00 | 基于特定数学模式的计算机系统 |