Kymeta Corporation

Michael Kreeger

Andreas Wanka

Joseph Curtis Taylor

Bruce Rothaar

Ron Radko

Maxwell A Smoot

Timothy Hudson Mason

Eric Bjorn Hultman

Steven Charles Borchers

Kevin KleinOsowski

Lekshmi Priya Ravindran Subhadramma

Steven Michael Ziuchkovski

John W Braswell

Daeup Chang

Shawn Preston

Nathan Bialke

Serge Makhoul

Alex Schnedler

Piyush Kumar

Michael Schwager

John Nebel

Raj Swaminathan

Methods and apparatuses for controlling a satellite antenna based on its motion are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method comprises determining a motion state of an antenna for communication with a satellite, determining a motion profile for the antenna based on the motion state, and controlling the antenna based on the motion profile.

Automatic detection of motion profiles

A method and apparatus for performing satellite signal acquisition are described. In one embodiment, a method for using a satellite antenna comprises estimating antenna orientation when the antenna is in motion, including estimating yaw using one or more sensors; and performing signal acquisition to search for a satellite signal with the satellite antenna by interleaving a plurality of signal searches performed by the satellite antenna, the plurality of signal searches being based on an estimated yaw.

Satellite signal acquisition

A combining apparatus for use in a satellite communication system and a method for using the same. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises: a plurality of antennas that each have a transmit aperture and a receive aperture and are operable to receive correlated signals from a satellite, wherein the receive aperture is operable to receive one of the signals from the satellite and determine its signal quality; a combiner communicably coupled to the plurality of antennas to combine multiple signals received from the plurality of antennas into one signal, wherein the combiner is operable to determine which signals received by the plurality of antennas are to be combined into the one signal based, at least in part, on at least one signal quality metric regarding the signals, the at least one signal quality metric being received from one or more tracking receivers external to the combiner; and a modem communicably coupled to receive the one signal from the combiner, wherein the modem is operable to send information to the plurality of antennas via the combiner as if only a single antenna is coupled to the combiner and the combiner is operable to aggregate information for the modem received from antennas in the plurality of antennas as if one single antenna provided the information to the combiner.

Combiner for use in a satellite communication system

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Redmond, WA, United States of America

Michael Kreeger