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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2019
St Engineering Idirect (Europe) CY NV, Sint-Niklaas, BE;
Dirk Breynaert, Sint-Niklaas, BE;
Dimitrios Christopoulos, Antwerp, BE;
ST Engineering iDirect (Europe) Cy NV, Sint-Niklaas, BE;
Abstract
A controller device for a satellite communication system has one or more beam hoppers during a hopping period which each illuminate a plurality of contours according to a hopping plan indicating an order in which the plurality of contours is illuminated. The controller device comprises a dynamic hopping plan calculation module for calculating the hopping plan and is arranged for conveying the calculated hopping plan to a transmitter of the satellite communication system. The dynamic hopping plan calculation module is arranged to calculate the hopping plan by subdividing, per beam hopper, the hopping period in at least two scheduling frames, the at least two scheduling frames forming the calculated hopping plan. Each scheduling frame comprises hopping slots each indicating a contour to be illuminated.