Precise Beam Forming Based On User Equipment Location
AssigneeHughes Network Systems, LLC
InventorT. Paul Gaske
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Abstract
Various arrangements are presented for optimizing data transmission between a satellite and a user equipment. A satellite gateway system may receive a message from the user equipment indicative of a current location of the user equipment. Data may be retrieved from the Internet to be transmitted to the user equipment via the satellite. The satellite gateway system may transmit a downlink message to the satellite that comprises the retrieved data and beam steering data. The beam steering data may instruct the satellite to target a downlink spot beam on the current location of the user equipment based on the message received from the user equipment. The retrieved data may be transmitted to the user equipment via the targeted downlink spot beam.
Claims20
A method for optimizing data transmission between a satellite and a user equipment, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a satellite gateway system, a message, from the user equipment indicative of a current location of the user equipment;
- retrieving, by the satellite gateway system, data from the Internet to be transmitted to the user equipment via the satellite;
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- transmitting, by the satellite gateway system, a downlink message to the satellite that comprises the retrieved data and beam steering data, wherein the beam steering data instructs the satellite to target a downlink spot beam on the current location of the user equipment based on the message received from the user equipment, such that the retrieved data is transmitted to the user equipment via the targeted downlink spot beam.
A system optimizing data transmission, the system comprising:
- user equipment comprising a first satellite antenna that transmits, to a satellite, a message indicative of a current location of the user equipment;
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- a satellite gateway system comprising:
- a second satellite antenna that communicates with the satellite, wherein the satellite gateway system is configured to:
- receive the message from the satellite that is indicative of the current location of the user equipment;
- retrieve data from the Internet to be transmitted to the user equipment via the satellite;
- and
- transmit a downlink message to the satellite that comprises the retrieved data and beam steering data, wherein:
- the beam steering data instructs the satellite to target a spot beam on the current location of the user equipment based on the message received from the user equipment, such that the retrieved data is transmitted to the user equipment via the targeted downlink spot beam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.