Satellite fleet deployment
First Claim
1. A method for capacity enhancement of a satellite communication system comprising a first geostationary spot-beam satellite providing a communication service via a first set of fixed-location spot beams and a second geostationary spot beam satellite providing the communication service via a second set of fixed-location spot beams, the method comprising:
- determining a demand profile for the communication service for a coverage region, the coverage region having a total demand for the communication service including one or more elevated demand regions, wherein the first set of fixed-location spot beams is positioned, such that providing the communication service by the first geostationary spot-beam satellite satisfies a first portion of the demand profile that is less than the total demand; and
determining a positioning of the second set of fixed-location spot beams that at least partially overlaps with the first set of fixed-location spot beams to form a multi-level spot beam service configuration for the coverage region based on the demand profile, wherein the determining the positioning is performed subsequent to deployment of the first geostationary spot-beam satellite and prior to deployment of the second geostationary spot-beam satellite, wherein at least a first spot beam of the first set of fixed-location spot beams has a first beam gain and a second spot beam of the second set of fixed-location spot beams has a second beam gain that is different from the first beam gain, the second spot beam at least partially overlapping with the first spot beam, such that providing the communication service by the second geostationary spot-beam satellite satisfies a second portion of the demand profile that is different from the first portion.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices are described for managing satellite communications through the deployment of a fleet of multi-beam satellites serving overlapping and non-overlapping spot beams. In these methods, systems, and devices, a first communication service associated with a relatively wider spot beam of a first satellite is provided to a first coverage area having multiple terminals. A second communication service associated with a relatively narrower spot beam (e.g., high-gain spot beam) of a second satellite is provided to a second coverage area located within the first coverage area. A subset of terminals located within the second coverage area is identified, and the terminals of the identified subset are transitioned from the first communication service of the wide spot beam of the first satellite to the second communication service of the high-gain spot beam of the second satellite.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for capacity enhancement of a satellite communication system comprising a first geostationary spot-beam satellite providing a communication service via a first set of fixed-location spot beams and a second geostationary spot beam satellite providing the communication service via a second set of fixed-location spot beams, the method comprising:
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determining a demand profile for the communication service for a coverage region, the coverage region having a total demand for the communication service including one or more elevated demand regions, wherein the first set of fixed-location spot beams is positioned, such that providing the communication service by the first geostationary spot-beam satellite satisfies a first portion of the demand profile that is less than the total demand; and determining a positioning of the second set of fixed-location spot beams that at least partially overlaps with the first set of fixed-location spot beams to form a multi-level spot beam service configuration for the coverage region based on the demand profile, wherein the determining the positioning is performed subsequent to deployment of the first geostationary spot-beam satellite and prior to deployment of the second geostationary spot-beam satellite, wherein at least a first spot beam of the first set of fixed-location spot beams has a first beam gain and a second spot beam of the second set of fixed-location spot beams has a second beam gain that is different from the first beam gain, the second spot beam at least partially overlapping with the first spot beam, such that providing the communication service by the second geostationary spot-beam satellite satisfies a second portion of the demand profile that is different from the first portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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