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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2000
David Stephen Saewert, Mesa, AZ (US);
David Jesus Garcia, Chandler, AZ (US);
James Morris Tooker, Chandler, AZ (US);
Jerry Shihkuo Tang, Chandler, AZ (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A method ( ) for parameterizing a predetermined geographic area ( ) serviced by a satellite communication system ( ) into a number of equally shaped sub-partitions ( ) is discloseed. The satellite communication system ( ) has a processor ( )for generating data elements and a memory ( ) for storing the data elements in data structure. The method ( ) includes the step ( ) of determining a total latitude side length dimension and a total longitude side length dimension of the predetermined geographic area ( ) from latitude and longitude values representative of the geographic area. The steps ( ) also include determining the area of a sub-partition based upon the total latitude side length, the total longitude side length, and the number of equally shaped sub-partitions. Each of the sub-partitions ( ) are substantially square and have the same area. The steps also include determining ( ) an actual side latitude dimension ( ) of the sub-partition ( ) and storing the side latitude dimension ( ) in the data structure, and determining ( ) an actual side longitude dimension ( ) of the sub-partition ( ) and storing the side longitude dimension ( ) in the data structure. The satellite communication system ( ) generates a grid from the actual side latitude dimension ( ) and the actual side longitude dimension ( ) and superimposes the grid over the predetermined geographic area ( ).