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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Dave Roos, Boyds, MD (US);
Giadira Vanessa Leon, Damascus, MD (US);
Inventors:
Dave Roos, Boyds, MD (US);
Giadira Vanessa Leon, Damascus, MD (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Network Systems, LLC, Germantown, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04B 7/204 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/2041 (2013.01); H04B 7/18528 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for beam selection for a multibeam satellite communications system including a very small aperture terminal (VSAT) with a remote satellite dish for sending and receiving RF signals and processor for calculating a normalized distance metric for user spot beams, selecting the user spot beam with the lowest normalized distance metric, and finding an outroute on the selected user spot beam using the remote satellite dish.