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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
May. 06, 2019
Applicant:
St Engineering Idirect (Europe) CY NV, Sint-Niklaas, BE;
Inventors:
Dirk Breynaert, Sint-Niklaas, BE;
Dimitrios Christopoulos, Antwerp, BE;
Assignee:
ST ENGINEERING IDIRECT (EUROPE) CY NV, Sint-Niklaas, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/204 (2006.01); H04B 1/69 (2011.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04B 7/212 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/2041 (2013.01); H04B 1/69 (2013.01); H04B 7/18513 (2013.01); H04B 7/212 (2013.01); H04B 2001/6908 (2013.01);
Abstract
A satellite communication system is arranged for consecutively illuminating a plurality of contours on earth. The satellite communication system includes a modulator adjusting its transmission of data and dummy data to detected switching time instants, without causing too long delays or buffer overflows, or without impacting a return link synchronization. Traffic can be seamlessly switched to a redundant transmitter which is aligned with the beam hopping satellite to efficiently and reliably achieve synchronization.