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US 10,382,977 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for monitoring operations in a satellite communication system
AssigneeHughes Network Systems, LLC
InventorsBhanu Durvasula, Pratap Dash
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Abstract
An approach for monitoring operations in a satellite communication system includes selecting different types of beams that can be used to represent a satellite coverage area, and retrieving metrics from at least one subsystem in a satellite communication system. A map of the satellite coverage area is overlaid with a plurality of coverage beams in accordance with their respective coverage portions of the satellite coverage area. A color scheme can then be applied to provide status information for each coverage beam corresponding to retrieved metrics.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- selecting, for display on an operator workstation, a first beam type for representing a satellite coverage area, the first beam type being selected from one of a micro beam, a standard beam, and a regional beam;
- selecting, for display on the operator workstation, one or more second beam types for representing the same satellite coverage area, the one or more second beam types being selected from one of the micro beam, the standard beam, and the regional beam;
- retrieving metrics from at least one subsystem in a satellite communication system;
- displaying a map of the satellite coverage area;
- overlaying a plurality of coverage beams from each of the selected first beam type and one or more second beam types on the map in accordance with their respective coverage portions of the satellite coverage area;
- retrieving random access channel (RACH) activity for user terminals in the satellite coverage area over a predetermined time period;
- displaying information corresponding to the RACH activity within each coverage beam;
- and
- applying a color scheme to provide status information for each coverage beam corresponding to retrieved metrics, the status information being obtained, at least in part, from the retrieved metrics.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a base station for processing data within a satellite communication system and maintaining metrics for at least one subsystem within the satellite communication system;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- select, for display on an operator workstation, a first beam type for representing a satellite coverage area, the first beam type being selected from one of a micro beam, a standard beam, and a regional beam;
- select, for display on the operator workstation, one or more second beam types for representing the same satellite coverage area, the one or more second beam types being selected from one of the micro beam, the standard beam, and the regional beam;
- retrieve metrics from the at least one subsystem in a satellite communication system,
- display a map of the satellite coverage area,
- overlay a plurality of coverage beams from each of the selected first beam type and one or more second beam types on the map in accordance with their respective coverage portions of the satellite coverage area;
- retrieve random access channel (RACH) activity for user terminals in the satellite coverage area over a predetermined time period;
- display information corresponding to the RACH activity within each coverage beam;
- and
- apply a color scheme to provide status information for each coverage beam corresponding to retrieved metrics, the status information being obtained from the retrieved metrics.
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A method comprising:
- identifying at least one problem within a satellite communication system;
- selecting, for display on an operator workstation, a first beam type specifying beam coverage for an area corresponding to the at least one problem, the first beam type being selected from one of a micro beam, a standard beam, and a regional beam;
- selecting, for display on the operator workstation, one or more second beam types for specifying beam coverage for the same area corresponding to the at least one problem, the one or more second beam types being selected from one of the micro beam, the standard beam, and the regional beam;
- retrieving metrics corresponding to the at least one problem from at least one subsystem of the satellite communication system;
- generating a map of a geographical area associated with the at least one problem;
- overlaying a plurality of coverage beams from each of the selected first beam type and one or more second beam types on the map in accordance with their respective coverage portions of the area corresponding to the at least one problem;
- retrieving random access channel (RACH) activity for user terminals in the geographical area associated with the at least one problem over a predetermined time period;
- displaying information corresponding to the RACH activity within each coverage beam in the geographical area associated with the at least one problem;
- applying a color scheme to provide status information of coverage and/or performance related to the at least one problem based, at least in part, on the metrics;
- and
- adjusting one or more parameters in the satellite communication system based, at least in part, on the status information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.