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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2016
Applicant:
Space Systems/loral, Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
William Hreha, San Jose, CA (US);
Anne Elizabeth Wharton, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Assignee:
Space Systems/Loral, LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/24 (2006.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H01Q 3/26 (2006.01); H04B 7/0426 (2017.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04B 7/19 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/24 (2013.01); H01Q 3/2682 (2013.01); H04B 7/043 (2013.01); H04B 7/18515 (2013.01); H04B 7/18519 (2013.01); H04B 7/18523 (2013.01); H04B 7/18534 (2013.01); H04B 7/18541 (2013.01); H04B 7/18578 (2013.01); H04B 7/18584 (2013.01); H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04W 56/0015 (2013.01); H04W 72/042 (2013.01); H04W 72/0413 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04B 7/18513 (2013.01); H04B 7/18521 (2013.01); H04B 7/18547 (2013.01); H04B 7/18595 (2013.01); H04B 7/19 (2013.01); H04W 72/046 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A satellite communications system provides for handovers between spot beams, including communicating (at a ground based terminal) with a non-geostationary satellite constellation using a first spot beam of the non-geostationary satellite constellation and a first beam hopping plan. The ground based terminal changes the communicating with the non-geostationary satellite constellation to use a second spot beam of the non-geostationary satellite constellation and a second beam hopping plan.