Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g. – Directive – Including a satellite
Patent
1998-03-05
1999-08-10
Issing, Gregory C.
Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g.,
Directive
Including a satellite
342356, 342359, 455 132, H04B 7185, H04B 719
Patent
active
059365706
ABSTRACT:
A system for acquiring the beacon of a satellite and synchronizing data transmission between the satellite and a ground terminal is disclosed. The ground terminal conducts a search for a satellite to be acquired. The search may be based on previously developed information from which the location of the satellite can be predicted and, thus, limited to a small area of the sky, or cover a large area of the sky in accordance with a search routine. After the beacon of a satellite is acquired, the geographic area served by the satellite is determined. If the satellite does not serve the cell within which the ground terminal is located, a further satellite search is conducted, which may be based in part on information contained in the beacon of the acquired satellite. After the satellite serving the cell containing the ground terminal is acquired, a test is made to determine how long the satellite will continue to cover the cell. If the time period is short, communication waits until the next satellite to cover the cell is acquired. If the time period is long, communication is allowed to begin. The beacon is also used by the ground terminal to: (i) accurately time uplink data transmissions; (ii) estimate uplink Doppler, Doppler rate, and Doppler rate derivative and use this information to pre-compensate the carrier frequency of the uplink data transmissions for Doppler variations; and (iii) estimate the carrier frequency of downlink data transmission(s) by continuously tracking the beacon carrier frequency and scaling the result by a suitable scaling factor.
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Ghazvinian Farzad
Hinedi Sami M.
Sarrafan Shiva S.
Shah Biren N.
Sturza Mark A.
Issing Gregory C.
Phan Dao L.
Teledesic LLC
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