US 12,003,306 B2
Use of polygons to specify beam service areas in a satellite communication system
Rajeev Oza, Boyds, MD (US); Suresh Korada, Boyds, MD (US); and Guy Montgomery, Germantown, MD (US)
Assigned to Hughes Network Systems, LLC, Germantown, MD (US)
Filed by Hughes Network Systems, LLC, Germantown, MD (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/455,059.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/162,659, filed on Mar. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0302987 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 7/0695 (2013.01) [H04B 7/18513 (2013.01); H04W 16/28 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for selecting a beam from satellite beams to communicate with a terminal at a location, the method comprising:
dividing a satellite coverage area into Beam Service Areas (BSAs) for a satellite network, wherein each of the BSAs is associated with a respective beam information;
selecting, with a computer, a select BSA from the BSAs based on the location; and
communicating between the terminal and a gateway using a beam,
wherein the location is located in the select BSA,
the beam is identified by the respective beam information associated with the select BSA, and
the BSAs define a boundary having a closed polygon shape, wherein the boundary is not an actual boundary of radio frequency signals defining the beam.