Frequency capacity fill rate analyzing system and method of automatically analyzing the frequency capacity fill rate of wireless communication links

A method of automatically analyzing the frequency capacity fill rate of predefined communication links between a transmitter located onboard a satellite and a plurality of receivers comprising the steps of:

• (a) procuring characteristic technical parameter data of said communication links or of said transmitter from a database in which the characteristic parameter data are stored and defining a scanning program, wherein each of the plurality of receivers are part of a corresponding base station that includes a spectrum analyzer, and wherein the plurality of base stations are located at different places of the world;
• (b) carrying out the frequency capacity fill rate analysis by each of the spectrum analyzers scanning the available frequencies on said respective communication link according to a scan algorithm, wherein the scan algorithm splits the frequency capacity fill rate analysis among the spectrum analyzers according to the technical parameters of each one of the communication links established between the transmitter and each corresponding, respective one of the base stations, wherein the frequency capacity fill rate analysis is split among the spectrum analyzers based on a pointing position of each of a plurality of antennas associated with the receiver of a corresponding, respective one of the plurality of base stations;
• (c) storing the results of the scans in a result database;
• (d) synchronizing and managing, by a data processing unit of a central controlling device, the frequency capacity fill rate analysis by each of the spectrum analyzers;
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• (e) identifying, by the data processing unit, available capacity of the satellite based on said frequency capacity fill rate analysis.

A computer program product comprising computer-readable code that is stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium, wherein the computer program product automatically analyzes the frequency capacity fill rate of predefined communication links between a transmitter located onboard a satellite and a plurality of receivers, wherein execution of the computer-readable code comprises:

• a) procuring characteristic technical parameter data of said communication links or of said transmitter from a database in which the characteristic parameter data are stored and defining a scanning program, wherein each of the plurality of receivers are part of a corresponding base station that includes a spectrum analyzer, and wherein the plurality of base stations are located at different places of the world;
• b) carrying out the frequency capacity fill rate analysis by each of the spectrum analyzers scanning the available frequencies on said respective communication link according to a scan algorithm, wherein the scan algorithm splits the frequency capacity fill rate analysis among the spectrum analyzers according to the technical parameters of each one of the communication links established between the transmitter and each corresponding, respective one of the base stations, wherein the frequency capacity fill rate analysis is split among the spectrum analyzers based on a pointing position of each of a plurality of antennas associated with the receiver of a corresponding, respective one of the plurality of base stations;
• c) storing the results of the scans in a result database;
• (d) synchronizing and managing, by a data processing unit of a central controlling device, the frequency capacity fill rate analysis by each of the spectrum analyzers;
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• (e) identifying, by the data processing unit, available capacity of the satellite based on said frequency capacity fill rate analysis.