Ground system techniques to support flexible reconfigurable satellite payload operation

A system comprising:

• one or more computers;
• and
• one or more computer-readable media storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
• managing, by the one or more computers, a satellite communication network to operate in a first configuration, wherein the satellite communication network includes a satellite having a payload that enables dynamic reconfiguration of carriers within a beam, wherein the satellite communication network includes (i) multiple data centers or satellite network cores and (ii) multiple gateways, and wherein the first configuration includes a set of carriers for beams of the satellite and an assignment of the carriers to the gateways;
• detecting, by the one or more computers, a reconfiguration event while the satellite communication network is operating in the first configuration;
• in response to detecting the reconfiguration event, determining, by the one or more computers, a second configuration for the satellite communication network, wherein;
• the second configuration differs from the first configuration in at least one of a set of carriers used for the beams or an assignment of the carriers to the gateways;
• and
• determining the second configuration comprises performing an outroute reconfiguration process that includes determining, for a forward link spectrum chunk:
• a number of outroute carriers;
• and
• a bandwidth for each of the outroute carriers;
• and
• managing, by the one or more computers, the satellite communication network to operate in the second configuration, including at least one of (i) changing to a second set of carriers for the beams of the satellite or (ii) changing to a second assignment of the carriers to the gateways.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that are operable, when executed by one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

• managing, by the one or more computers, a satellite communication network to operate in a first configuration, wherein the satellite communication network includes a satellite having a payload that enables dynamic reconfiguration of carriers within a beam, wherein the satellite communication network includes (i) multiple data centers or satellite network cores and (ii) multiple gateways, and wherein the first configuration includes a set of carriers for beams of the satellite and an assignment of the carriers to the gateways;
• detecting, by the one or more computers, a reconfiguration event while the satellite communication network is operating in the first configuration;
• in response to detecting the reconfiguration event, determining, by the one or more computers, a second configuration for the satellite communication network, wherein:
• the second configuration differs from the first configuration in at least one of a set of carriers used for the beams or an assignment of the carriers to the gateways;
• and
• determining the second configuration comprises performing a dynamic outroute reconfiguration process that includes determining, for a forward link spectrum chunk:
• a number of outroute carriers;
• and
• a bandwidth of one or more carriers in the beam;
• and
• managing, by the one or more computers, the satellite communication network to operate in the second configuration, including at least one of (i) changing to a second set of carriers for the beams of the satellite or (ii) changing to a second assignment of the carriers to the gateways.