Combiner for use in a satellite communication system
US10855362B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
- Shawn Preston
- Nathan Bialke
- Maxwell A. Smoot
- Michael Kreeger
- Michael Schwager
- John Braswell
- John Nebel
- Andreas Wanka
- Ron Radko
- Steven Charles Borchers
- Raj Swaminathan
- Steven Michael Ziuchkovski
- Eric Bjorn Hultman
- Lekshmi Priya Ravindran Subhadramma
- Daeup Chang
- Serge Makhoul
- Kevin KleinOsowski
- Alex Schnedler
- Joseph Taylor
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 20, 2019 |
| Grant date | Dec 1, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 20, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B7/18513
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A combining apparatus for use in a satellite communication system and a method for using the same. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises: a plurality of antennas that each have a transmit aperture and a receive aperture and are operable to receive correlated signals from a satellite, wherein the receive aperture is operable to receive one of the signals from the satellite and determine its signal quality; a combiner communicably coupled to the plurality of antennas to combine multiple signals received from the plurality of antennas into one signal, wherein the combiner is operable to determine which signals received by the plurality of antennas are to be combined into the one signal based, at least in part, on at least one signal quality metric regarding the signals, the at least one signal quality metric being received from one or more tracking receivers external to the combiner; and a modem communicably coupled to receive the one signal from the combiner, wherein the modem is operable to send information to the plurality of antennas via the combiner as if only a single antenna is coupled to the combiner and the combiner is operable to aggregate information for the modem rece…
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