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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Worldvu Satellites Limited, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Is, GB;
Inventor:
Melvin S. Ni, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
WORLDVU SATELLITES LIMITED, St Helier, Jersey, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/22 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04W 36/16 (2009.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/22 (2013.01); H04B 7/18519 (2013.01); H04L 5/006 (2013.01); H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04W 36/165 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for maintaining signal-to-noise ratio when a user terminal switches beams includes a user terminal that generates beam-pointing information. The beam-pointing information is used either to alter the time at which the user terminal switches communications from a first beam to a second beam transmitted from a satellite or to adjust the attitude of the satellite, thereby correcting any error in pointing angle of the beams transmitted from the satellite to the user terminal.