Sizing satellite beam capacity
AssigneeHughes Network Systems, LLC
InventorsJames Jehong Jong, David Roos
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Abstract
A processor includes a memory storing instructions executable by the processor. The instructions include determining a capacity of a plurality of satellite beams based at least in part on a beam traffic density associated with each of the plurality of satellite beams and transmitting, to a communication satellite, a control signal that commands the communication satellite to transmit the plurality of satellite beams in accordance with the beam traffic density determined by the processor. The processor may be incorporated into a telecommunications system that includes a communication satellite programmed to transmit signals in accordance with a plurality of beams.
Claims22
A processor comprising a memory storing instructions executable by the processor, the instructions including:
- determining a beam traffic density based at least in part on a peak-to-average ratio associated with each of a plurality of satellites beams, wherein the peak-to-average ratio includes a ratio of an average number of concurrent users to a peak number of concurrent users of one of the plurality of satellite beams;
- determining a capacity of each of the plurality of satellite beams based at least in part on the beam traffic density associated with each of the plurality of satellite beams;
- and
- transmitting, to a communication satellite, a control signal that commands the communication satellite to transmit the plurality of satellite beams in accordance with the beam traffic density determined by the processor.
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A telecommunications system comprising:
- a communication satellite programmed to transmit signals in accordance with a plurality of beams;
- a processor having a memory storing instructions executable by the processor, wherein the processor is programmed to determine a capacity of each of the plurality of beams based at least in part on a beam traffic density associated with each of the plurality of beams,
- wherein the processor is programmed to determine the beam traffic density based at least in part on a peak-to-average ratio associated with each of the plurality of beams,
- wherein the peak-to-average ratio includes a ratio of an average number of concurrent users to a peak number of concurrent users of one of the plurality of beams.
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A processor comprising a memory storing instructions executable by the processor, the instructions including:
- determining a capacity of each of a plurality of satellite beams based at least in part on a beam traffic density associated with each of the plurality of satellite beams, a bandwidth associated with at least one carrier associated with each of the plurality of satellite beams, and a spectral efficiency associated with the at least one carrier;
- allocating a beam throughput to each of the plurality of satellite beams based at least in part on the bandwidth associated with the at least one carrier and a number of carriers associated with each of the plurality of satellite beams;
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- transmitting, to a communication satellite, a control signal that commands the communication satellite to transmit the plurality of satellite beams in accordance with the beam traffic density determined by the processor.
A telecommunications system comprising:
- a communication satellite programmed to transmit signals in accordance with a plurality of beams;
- and
- a processor having a memory storing instructions executable by the processor, wherein the processor is programmed to determine a capacity of each of the plurality of beams based at least in part on a beam traffic density associated with each of the plurality of beams, determine the capacity of each of the plurality of beams based at least in part on a bandwidth associated with at least one carrier associated with each of the plurality of beams and a spectral efficiency associated with the at least one carrier, and allocate a beam throughput to each of the plurality of beams based at least in part on the bandwidth associated with the at least one carrier and on a number of carriers associated with each of the plurality of beams.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.