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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2023
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Ying J. Feria, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
David Whelan, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Parthasarathy Ramanujam, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A user terminal includes a reconfigurable phased array antenna having a plurality of antenna elements. The user terminal is operable for: broadening a field of regard of the reconfigurable phased array antenna; receiving signals from a plurality of satellites within the field of regard using the reconfigurable phased array antenna; determining one or more attributes of the received signals for each of the satellites; and selecting one of the plurality of satellites for communication based on the attributes of the received signals. After the satellite has been selected, the user terminal is configured for: switching to a directional mode for the reconfigurable phased array antenna; establishing the communication with the selected satellite using the reconfigurable phased array antenna; and tracking the selected satellite. Ephemeris data broadcast by the satellites is used by the user terminal to track the satellites and to perform handovers between satellites.