SELF-OPTIMIZING MOBILE SATELLITE SYSTEMS

• US 20160095109A1
• Filed: 09/30/2014
• Published: 03/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Original Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Inventors: Scott, James P., Feria, Ying J., Wang, Wes
• Granted Patent: US 9,942,892 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18519 Operations control, administration or maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18539 Arrangements for managing radio, resources, i.e. for establishing or releasing a connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0473 the resource being transmission power
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/29 between an access point and the access point controlling device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/06 Airborne or Satellite Networks space-based or airborne stations H04B7/185

Abstract

Systems, methods, and apparatus for self-optimizing Mobile Satellite System (MSS) resources are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the disclosed method involves determining, with at least one processor, a communication demand for at least one cell in a MSS network. The method further involves determining, with at least one processor, whether the communication demand for at least one cell exceeds the capacity threshold for at least one cell. Further, the method involves reallocating, with at least one processor, when the communication demand for at least one cell exceeds the capacity threshold for at least one cell, at least a portion of the MSS resources such that at least one cell is able to meet the communication demand.

Claims

1. A method for self-optimizing MSS resources, the method comprising:

determining, with at least one processor, a communication demand for at least one cell in a MSS network;

determining, with the at least one processor, whether the communication demand for the at least one cell exceeds a capacity threshold for the at least one cell; and

reallocating, with the at least one processor, when the communication demand for the at least one cell exceeds the capacity threshold for the at least one cell, at least a portion of the MSS resources such that the at least one cell is able to meet the communication demand.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the reallocating of the at least a portion of the MSS resources comprises allocating at least one communication resource from at least one adjacent cell to the at least one cell.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the reallocating of the at least a portion of the MSS resources comprises redefining a shape of at least one adjacent cell to the at least one cell.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the redefining of the shape of the at least one adjacent cell comprises redefining at least one vertex of the at least one adjacent cell.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the reallocating of the at least a portion of the MSS resources comprises redefining a cell type of the at least one cell.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the cell type is one of a standard spot cell, a micro cell, or a regional cell.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the cell type comprises at least one of cells of a same size and cells of different sizes.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the reallocating of the at least a portion of the MSS resources comprises allocating greater effective isotropic radiation power (EIRP) to the at least one cell.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the reallocating of the at least a portion of the MSS resources comprises allocating greater gain over temperature (G/T) to the at least one cell.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the capacity threshold for the at least one cell is related to available frequency bandwidth of the at least one cell.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the capacity threshold for the at least one cell is predetermined.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one cell may be one of a regular shape and an irregular shape.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the reallocating of the at least a portion of the MSS resources occurs without a handover event.

14. A system for self-optimizing MSS resources, the system comprising:

at least one processor to determine a communication demand for at least one cell in a MSS network;

to determine whether the communication demand for the at least one cell exceeds a capacity threshold for the at least one cell; and

to reallocate, when the communication demand for the at least one cell exceeds the capacity threshold for the at least one cell, at least a portion of the MSS resources such that the at least one cell is able to meet the communication demand.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein when the at least one processor is to reallocate the at least a portion of the MSS resources, the at least one processor is to allocate at least one communication resource from at least one adjacent cell to the at least one cell.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein when the at least one processor is to reallocate the at least a portion of the MSS resources, the at least one processor is to redefine a shape of at least one adjacent cell to the at least one cell.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein when the at least one processor is to redefine the shape of the at least one adjacent cell, the at least one processor is to redefine at least one vertex of the at least one adjacent cell.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein when the at least one processor is to reallocate the at least a portion of the MSS resources, the at least one processor is to redefine a cell type of the at least one cell.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the cell type is one of a standard spot cell, a micro cell, or a regional cell.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein when the at least one processor is to reallocate the at least a portion of the MSS resources, the at least one processor is to allocate greater effective isotropic radiation power (EIRP) to the at least one cell.