System and method for selecting reliable satellite links
AssigneeTotum Labs, Inc.
InventorsTheodore Jon Myers, Matthew Zacchariah Hughes
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Abstract
An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is a method including determining, by a location server, a satellite constellation, a location of a target endpoint, and a next available time of the target endpoint. The method further includes determining, by the location server, a plurality of candidate satellites based on the satellite constellation, the location of the target endpoint, and the next available time of the target endpoint. The method further includes instructing, by the location server, a ground station to broadcast a downlink signal to the plurality of candidate satellites.
Claims20
A method comprising
- determining, by a location server, a satellite constellation, a location of a target endpoint, and a next available time of the target endpoint;
- determining, by the location server, a plurality of candidate satellites based on the satellite constellation, the location of the target endpoint, and the next available time of the target endpoint;
- and
- instructing, by the location server, a ground station to broadcast a downlink signal to the plurality of candidate satellites.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a satellite and from a ground station, a first downlink signal including content, during a first time period that a target endpoint is out of range of the satellite;
- and
- sending, by the satellite and to the target endpoint, a second downlink signal including the content, during a second time period that the ground station is out of range of the satellite.
An apparatus comprising a processor having programmed instructions to:
- determine a satellite constellation, a location of a target endpoint, and a next available time of the target endpoint;
- determine a plurality of candidate satellites based on the satellite constellation, the location of the target endpoint, and the next available time of the target endpoint;
- and
- instruct a ground station to broadcast a downlink signal to the plurality of candidate satellites.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.