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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2017
Spawar Systems Center Pacific, San Diego, CA (US);
Cherry Y. Wakayama, San Diego, CA (US);
Peter J. Yoo, San Diego, CA (US);
Zelda B. Zabinsky, Seattle, WA (US);
The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Delivery of a plurality of messages by a satellite is scheduled taking energy into account. An amount of time needed to deliver each of the plurality of messages received from a plurality of ground sources and intended for a plurality of ground recipients at respective different destinations is estimated based on the size of each of the messages. Each different destination has an associated contact time window during which the satellite will be in range of the ground recipients at that destination. An amount of energy that will be available from a power source for delivering the messages during each contact window is determined. Delivery of the plurality of messages to the ground recipients is scheduled such that a total time for delivery of the messages is minimized.