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公开(公告)号:US20240064795A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-22
申请号:US18240913
申请日:2023-08-31
Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Inventor: Jayasuryan V. Iyer , Khasim Shaheed Shaik Mahammad , Yashodhan Dandekar , Ramakrishna Akella , Chen Chen , Phillip E. Barber , Peter J. Worters
IPC: H04W72/543 , H04W72/1268 , H04W72/23
CPC classification number: H04W72/543 , H04W72/1268 , H04W72/23 , H04L1/0009
Abstract: A method of operating an uplink scheduler as part of a medium access control scheduler on a satellite includes selecting, from a plurality of user terminals, a first number of zero-bandwidth request user terminals from the plurality of user terminals, selecting, from the plurality of user terminals, a second number of non-zero-bandwidth request user terminals from the plurality of user terminals, binning the second number of non-zero-bandwidth request user terminals into a plurality of bins based on a respective bandwidth requirement for each non-zero-bandwidth request user terminal and based on a minimum user terminal grant and allocating, according to a grant allocation algorithm, a respective grant of radio resources in an uplink frame to each user terminal of the plurality of user terminals into a respective bin of the plurality of bins in an order associated with increasing bandwidth needs. A downlink scheduler is also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20230396324A1
公开(公告)日:2023-12-07
申请号:US18230493
申请日:2023-08-04
Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Inventor: Chen Chen , Darshan Purohit , Yashodhan Dandekar , Pavel Chikulaev , David Sacks , Peter J. Worters , Phillip E. Barber
CPC classification number: H04B7/18513 , H04W74/0833 , H04W74/004 , H04W72/21 , H04L5/0007
Abstract: In an embodiment, a user terminal includes a communication module (CM) configured to generate an initial network entry request; an antenna assembly configured to find, in response to the initial network entry request, a satellite based on a search of a sky. The search of the sky includes sequentially changing a beam pointing direction of the antenna assembly. The satellite is assigned to downlink to a geographic cell associated with the user terminal. The user terminal includes a media access control (MAC) layer component configured to generate an uplink radio frame including a random access channel (RACH) request associated with the initial network entry request at a particular portion of the uplink radio frame for the satellite.
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公开(公告)号:US11949496B1
公开(公告)日:2024-04-02
申请号:US17337218
申请日:2021-06-02
Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Inventor: Chen Chen , Pavel Chikulaev , Sergii Ziuzin , David Sacks , Peter J. Worters , Darshan Purohit , Yashodhan Dandekar , Vladimir Skuratovich , Andrei Pushkin , Phillip E. Barber
CPC classification number: H04B7/18541 , H04B7/18513 , H04W36/0016 , H04W36/08 , H04W88/16
Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory media are provided for low latency handovers. An example method can include receiving, by a satellite, a schedule of communications between the satellite and one or more gateways; requesting, based on the schedule, a handover from a link between the satellite and a gateway to a different link between the satellite and the gateway or a different gateway; prior to a completion of the handover, processing packets bicasted over the link between the satellite and the gateway and the different link between the satellite and the gateway or the different gateway; performing the handover from the link between the satellite and the gateway to the different link between the satellite and the gateway or the different gateway; and after the handover, transmitting, by the satellite, one or more packets via the different link between the satellite and the gateway or the different gateway.
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公开(公告)号:US11800552B1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-24
申请号:US17338522
申请日:2021-06-03
Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Inventor: Jayasuryan V. Iyer , Khasim Shaheed Shaik Mahammad , Yashodhan Dandekar , Ramakrishna Akella , Chen Chen , Phillip E. Barber , Peter J. Worters
IPC: H04W72/12 , H04W72/543 , H04W72/1268 , H04W72/23 , H04L1/00
CPC classification number: H04W72/543 , H04W72/1268 , H04W72/23 , H04L1/0003 , H04L1/0009
Abstract: A method of operating an uplink scheduler as part of a medium access control scheduler on a satellite includes selecting, from a plurality of user terminals, a first number of zero-bandwidth request user terminals from the plurality of user terminals, selecting, from the plurality of user terminals, a second number of non-zero-bandwidth request user terminals from the plurality of user terminals, binning the second number of non-zero-bandwidth request user terminals into a plurality of bins based on a respective bandwidth requirement for each non-zero-bandwidth request user terminal and based on a minimum user terminal grant and allocating, according to a grant allocation algorithm, a respective grant of radio resources in an uplink frame to each user terminal of the plurality of user terminals into a respective bin of the plurality of bins in an order associated with increasing bandwidth needs. A downlink scheduler is also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US12218742B2
公开(公告)日:2025-02-04
申请号:US18230493
申请日:2023-08-04
Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Inventor: Chen Chen , Darshan Purohit , Yashodhan Dandekar , Pavel Chikulaev , David Sacks , Peter J. Worters , Phillip E. Barber
Abstract: In an embodiment, a user terminal includes a communication module (CM) configured to generate an initial network entry request; an antenna assembly configured to find, in response to the initial network entry request, a satellite based on a search of a sky. The search of the sky includes sequentially changing a beam pointing direction of the antenna assembly. The satellite is assigned to downlink to a geographic cell associated with the user terminal. The user terminal includes a media access control (MAC) layer component configured to generate an uplink radio frame including a random access channel (RACH) request associated with the initial network entry request at a particular portion of the uplink radio frame for the satellite.
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公开(公告)号:US20240349270A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-17
申请号:US18430384
申请日:2024-02-01
Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Inventor: Peter J. Worters , Martin S. McCormick , Andrew G. Whitlow
IPC: H04W72/121 , H04B7/185 , H04L5/16 , H04W56/00 , H04W72/1273
CPC classification number: H04W72/121 , H04B7/18513 , H04L5/16 , H04W56/0045 , H04W56/0055 , H04W72/1273
Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory media are provided for timing transmissions in a wireless communication system. An example method can include determining, at a satellite, a maximum round-trip propagation delay associated with one or more user terminals of a plurality of user terminals, determining, based on the maximum round-trip propagation delay, a respective downlink to uplink (DL/UL) offset for each user terminal, wherein the DL/UL offset comprises a time difference between a first downlink frame at the satellite and a first corresponding uplink frame at the satellite, transmitting a first downlink frame, receiving a first uplink frame from a first user terminal associated with the maximum round-trip propagation delay during the first corresponding uplink frame at the satellite, and receiving a second uplink frame from a second user terminal associated with a round-trip propagation delay less than the maximum round-trip propagation delay during the first corresponding uplink frame at the satellite.
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公开(公告)号:US11985611B1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-14
申请号:US17339890
申请日:2021-06-04
Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Inventor: Peter J. Worters , Martin S. McCormick , Matthew J. Monson
CPC classification number: H04W56/0005 , H04W56/0045 , H04W56/0055 , H04W56/006 , H04W84/06 , H04L5/0007 , H04W4/027
Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory media are provided for synchronization of multi-user uplink transmissions. An example method can include receiving, by a user terminal, a downlink radio frame transmitted by a satellite; determining, by the user terminal, a downlink propagation delay associated with the downlink radio frame and an uplink propagation delay associated with an uplink radio frame from the user terminal to the satellite; based on the downlink propagation delay and the uplink propagation delay, determining, by the user terminal, an uplink transmission delay indicating an amount of time to delay a transmission of the uplink radio frame to the satellite so the uplink radio frame is received at the satellite at a same target time as one or more additional uplink radio frames from one or more additional user terminals; and transmitting, by the user terminal, the uplink radio frame at a time corresponding to the uplink transmission delay.
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公开(公告)号:US11924821B1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-05
申请号:US17339860
申请日:2021-06-04
Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Inventor: Peter J. Worters , Martin S. McCormick , Andrew G. Whitlow
IPC: H04W72/121 , H04B7/185 , H04L5/16 , H04W56/00 , H04W72/1273
CPC classification number: H04W72/121 , H04B7/18513 , H04L5/16 , H04W56/0045 , H04W56/0055 , H04W72/1273
Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory media are provided for timing half-duplex transmissions in a wireless communication system. An example method can include receiving, by a user terminal (UT), a radio frame transmitted by a satellite to a group of UTs; identifying an offset delay defined in the radio frame for scheduling transmissions between the satellite and each UT in the group of UTs, the offset delay providing non-overlapping time intervals for receive, process, and transmit operations at each UT; determining, based on the offset delay and a time when the radio frame was received by the UT, a time for transmitting an uplink radio burst to the satellite, wherein the uplink radio burst transmitted at the time is estimated to arrive at the satellite within a same radio frame interval as uplink radio bursts from other UTs; and transmitting, to the satellite, the uplink radio burst at the time.
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公开(公告)号:US20240040601A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-01
申请号:US18486035
申请日:2023-10-12
Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Inventor: Jayasuryan V. Iyer , Yashodhan Dandekar , Khasim Shaheed Shaik Mahammad , Ramakrishna Akella , Chen Chen , Phillip E. Barber , Peter J. Worters
IPC: H04W72/54 , H04B17/382 , H04B17/336 , H04L1/00 , H04W72/21
CPC classification number: H04W72/54 , H04B17/382 , H04B17/336 , H04L1/0009 , H04L1/0003 , H04W72/21
Abstract: A method for downlink link adaptation includes receiving, from a satellite and at a user terminal, a first data packet data unit according to a first downlink modulation and coding scheme (MCS), computing error vector magnitude data associated with the first data packet data unit, generating, based on one or more of the error vector magnitude data, user terminal signal-to-noise-ratio feedback based on a constant times a previous user terminal signal-to-noise-ratio and a current user terminal signal-to-noise-ratio, and transmitting an uplink packet data unit having a downlink block error rate and the user terminal signal-to-noise-ratio feedback. A satellite runs a link adaptation algorithm based on the user terminal signal-to-noise-ratio feedback and block error rate to generate a second downlink MCS. The method includes receiving at the user terminal a second data packet data unit according to the second downlink MCS for the satellite-to-user-terminal downlink. Uplink link adaptation is also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US11792832B1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-17
申请号:US17338518
申请日:2021-06-03
Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Inventor: Jayasuryan V. Iyer , Yashodhan Dandekar , Khasim Shaheed Shaik Mahammad , Ramakrishna Akella , Chen Chen , Phillip E. Barber , Peter J. Worters
IPC: H04W72/10 , H04W72/54 , H04B17/382 , H04B17/336 , H04L1/00 , H04W72/21
CPC classification number: H04W72/54 , H04B17/336 , H04B17/382 , H04L1/0003 , H04L1/0009 , H04W72/21
Abstract: A method for downlink link adaptation includes receiving, from a satellite and at a user terminal, a first data packet data unit according to a first downlink modulation and coding scheme (MCS), computing an error vector magnitude data associated with the first data packet data unit, generating, based on one or more of the error vector magnitude data, user terminal signal-to-noise-ratio feedback based on a constant times a previous user terminal signal-to-noise-ratio and a current user terminal signal-to-noise-ratio, and transmitting an uplink packet data unit having a downlink block error rate and the user terminal signal-to-noise-ratio feedback. A satellite runs a link adaptation algorithm based on the user terminal signal-to-noise-ratio feedback and block error rate to generate a second downlink MCS. The method includes receiving at the user terminal a second data packet data unit according to the second downlink MCS for the user terminal. An uplink link adaptation algorithm is also disclosed.
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