SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKING
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200052783A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-13

    申请号:US16518524

    申请日:2019-07-22

    IPC分类号: H04B7/185 H04W40/14 H04W40/02

    摘要: A method of operating a satellite communication network is disclosed. The network includes a plurality of satellites interconnected by a plurality of satellite-to-satellite communication links. Each of the plurality of satellites is configured to communicate with at least one ground station using respective ground-satellite communication links. The method includes transmitting a routing table to each of the satellites. Each routing table has a list of destination satellites, and defines at least two possible routes leading to it. An alert message identifying a problem communication link is transmitted to a subset of the plurality of satellites. In response to receiving the alert message, subsequent data packets are routed through the communication network by the satellites using their respective routing table to avoid the problem communication link.

    Load balancing for a satellite network

    公开(公告)号:US10244407B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-26

    申请号:US15616012

    申请日:2017-06-07

    发明人: Patrick Tatum

    摘要: In one implementation, load balancing within a constellation of communications satellites is performed. Anticipated positions of satellites are determined. Each satellite is configured to provide multiple beams that define a coverage footprint for the satellite. Based on the anticipated positions of the satellites, it is determined that a first coverage footprint for a first satellite provides primary coverage of a high traffic region and portions of the first coverage footprint for the first satellite also will be covered by coverage footprints for other satellites, Based on these determinations, a beam assignments are defined in which a first subset of beams of the first satellite configured to provide coverage of a first portion of the first coverage footprint are inactive and a second subset of beams of the second satellite are active. The second subset of beams of the second satellite provide coverage within the first portion of the first coverage footprint.

    MANAGING CONGESTION IN A SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20190075485A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-07

    申请号:US15698011

    申请日:2017-09-07

    IPC分类号: H04W28/02 H04B7/185 H04W28/20

    摘要: In one implementation, congestion in a satellite communications network is managed based on current resource usage information received for a primary satellite servicing a terminal that is requesting to initiate a communications session. The current resource usage information is received within a communications session setup procedure that identifies a type of the communications session being requested by the terminal. Resources for serving the communications session are determined based on the type of the communications session being requested by the terminal. Thereafter, a determination is made as to whether sufficient resources are available at the primary satellite for servicing the communications session. In response to determining that sufficient resources are not available at the primary satellite for servicing the communications session, a congestion mitigation strategy is determined for servicing the communications session and sent to the primary satellite for implementation.

    PRIORITY TALKGROUPS
    4.
    发明申请
    PRIORITY TALKGROUPS 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20180317057A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-01

    申请号:US16028923

    申请日:2018-07-06

    摘要: In one implementation, a communication device comprising one or more processors is configured to participate in a plurality of talkgroups. The one or more processors are configured to receive a communication transmitted from a satellite constellation indicating that a first priority talkgroup has been assigned for the communication device and to receive one or more signal transmitted from the satellite constellation via a control channel indicating that the first priority talkgroup is active, in response to which the one or more processors may determine that the first priority talkgroup has been assigned for the communication device and that the first priority talkgroup is active. Consequently, the one or more processors may set the communication device to the first priority talkgroup such that the communication device starts receiving communications via the first priority talkgroup.

    Priority talkgroups
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10021539B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-10

    申请号:US15407700

    申请日:2017-01-17

    摘要: In one implementation, a communication device comprising one or more processors is configured to participate in a plurality of talkgroups. The one or more processors are configured to receive a communication transmitted from a satellite constellation indicating that a first priority talkgroup has been assigned for the communication device and to receive one or more signal transmitted from the satellite constellation via a control channel indicating that the first priority talkgroup is active, in response to which the one or more processors may determine that the first priority talkgroup has been assigned for the communication device and that the first priority talkgroup is active. Consequently, the one or more processors may set the communication device to the first priority talkgroup such that the communication device starts receiving communications via the first priority talkgroup.