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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2016
Applicant:

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., Petah Tikva, IL;

Inventors:

Uzi Ram, Givat Elah, IL;

Izhar Marinov, Herzelya, IL;

Ivan Tsonev Ivanov, Sofia, BG;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/00 (2006.01); H01Q 3/38 (2006.01); H01Q 1/12 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); G01S 19/23 (2010.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/385 (2013.01); H01Q 1/1257 (2013.01); H01Q 21/00 (2013.01); G01S 19/23 (2013.01); H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H04B 7/1851 (2013.01); H04B 7/18515 (2013.01);
Abstract

A mobile terminal, operational both to receive and transmit, may comprise a mobile antenna and an antenna controller that may be configured to control the mobile antenna at least for keeping it pointed towards the satellite, e.g. as the mobile terminal and/or the satellite move. Disclosed is a method that may be used by the antenna controller for optimizing the pointing of the mobile antenna, the method may be based on assessing both the reception quality and the transmission quality. This method may be used for overcoming degradation, mainly to transmission quality, that may result from squints between an optimal reception direction and an optimal transmission direction associated with the mobile antenna.


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