US 12,035,150 B2
Techniques for spatial diversity in satellite communications
Maxwell A. Smoot, Seattle, WA (US); and Alexander L. Bautista, Jr., Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to KYMETA CORPORATION, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Kymeta Corporation, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/213,705.
Application 18/213,705 is a continuation of application No. 17/498,255, filed on Oct. 11, 2021, granted, now 11,729,633.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/090,376, filed on Oct. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0015526 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 84/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 16/28 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04B 7/18582 (2013.01); H04B 7/18589 (2013.01); H04B 7/18591 (2013.01); H04W 84/06 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A satellite communication network topology comprising:
a single electronically steered flat-panel antenna capable of generating a plurality of beams;
a first network comprising a first virtualized hub and a first satellite;
a second network comprising a second virtualized hub and a second satellite;
network control to manage first and second satellite links between the single electronically steered flat-panel antenna and the first and second satellites, respectively, to route the network traffic, wherein the network control is configured to determine when to use the first and second satellite links to first and second satellites, respectively, the first and second satellite links being generated using first and second beams of the plurality of beams from the single electronically steered flat-panel antenna; and
a Coordinated Multi-point (CoMP) coordinator communicably coupled to the first and second virtualized hubs to coordinate routing of network traffic between the single electronically steered flat-panel antenna and the first and second satellites.