SATELLITE COMMUNICATION WITH MODULARIZED MOBILE EARTH STATIONS (MESs)
AssigneeViaSat, Inc.
InventorsJordan M. Corey, Jimmy Tran
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Abstract
A communication system includes a plurality of MESs arranged at different locations and operating as a unit to communicate with one or more satellites. One of the MESs is configured in a leader mode and each remaining MES of the MESs is configured in a follower mode based on a result of an auto-negotiation. In the leader mode, the one MES manages combining/dividing of satellite-related signals communicated between the one MES and each of the remaining MESs.
Claims15
A method performed by a group of mobile earth stations (MESs) each including an antenna for direct communication with a satellite, the group of MESs being arranged at different locations and operating as a unit to communicate with one or more satellites, the method comprising:
- auto-negotiating among the group of MESs to determine which one of the MESs should operate in a leader mode;
- configuring one MES of the group of MESs in the leader mode and each remaining MES of the group of MESs in a follower mode based on a result of the auto-negotiation;
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- managing, by the one MES configured in the leader mode, coherent combining/dividing of satellite-related signals communicated between the one MES and each of the remaining MESs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.