Method and system for dynamically adjusting communication characteristics of satellite communication links based on weather nowcasting

A method comprising:

• receiving weather data related to a specified geographic area from at least one source;
• obtaining a position of at least one terminal located in said specified area and a position of a communication satellite being in communication with said terminal;
• generating nowcasting predictions of weather conditions measure in a plurality of segments along at least one estimated future communication path between said communication satellite and said terminal, based on the received weather data and the obtained positions;
• converting the nowcasting predictions of weather conditions measure to corresponding predicted levels of signal attenuation in dB per length unit
• calculating a predicted signal attenuation integral which accumulates all per segment predicted signal attenuations, each weighted by the corresponding segment path length, along said at least one communication path;
• and
• dynamically adjusting at least one communication characteristic of a communication link along said at least one communication path, according to the corresponding calculated predicted signal attenuation integral.

A system comprising:

• a weather collection module configured to receive weather data related to a specified geographic area from at least one source;
• a position collection module configured to obtain a position of at least one terminal located in said specified area and a position of a communication satellite being in communication with said terminal;
• a nowcasting prediction module configured to generate nowcasting predictions of weather conditions measure in a plurality of segments along at least one estimated future communication path between said communication satellite and said terminal, based on the received weather data and the obtained positions;
• and
• a control center configured to:
• convert the nowcasting predictions of weather conditions measure to corresponding predicted levels of signal attenuation in dB per length unit;
• calculate a predicted signal attenuation integral which accumulates all per segment predicted signal attenuations, each weighted by the corresponding segment path length, along said at least one communication path;
• and
• dynamically adjust at least one communication characteristic of a communication link along said at least one communication path, according to the corresponding calculated predicted signal attenuation integral.