System and method for detecting a satellite

    公开(公告)号:US10951357B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-16

    申请号:US16845599

    申请日:2020-04-10

    申请人: Totum Labs, Inc.

    摘要: An illustrated embodiment disclosed herein is a method including correlating, by an endpoint, a first frame and a second frame with a plurality of hypotheses, detecting, by the endpoint, for each correlation of the first frame, a first metric and, for each correlation of the second frame, a second metric, identifying, by the endpoint, a first subset of hypotheses based on the first metric and a second subset of hypotheses based on the second metric, identifying, by the endpoint, pairs of hypotheses, each pair including a first hypothesis from the first subset and a second hypothesis from the second subset. The first hypothesis is same or within a predetermined distance of the second hypothesis. The method includes selecting, by the endpoint and from the pairs of hypotheses, a hypothesis based on the second metric and selecting, by the endpoint, a channel for transmission at which the hypothesis is selected.

    System and method for selecting reliable satellite links

    公开(公告)号:US10826567B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-03

    申请号:US16362574

    申请日:2019-03-22

    申请人: TOTUM LABS, INC.

    摘要: An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is a method including determining, by a location server, a satellite constellation, a location of a target endpoint, and a next available time of the target endpoint. The method further includes determining, by the location server, a plurality of candidate satellites based on the satellite constellation, the location of the target endpoint, and the next available time of the target endpoint. The method further includes instructing, by the location server, a ground station to broadcast a downlink signal to the plurality of candidate satellites.

    MULTIPLE ACCESS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A DISTANCE TO AN ENDPOINT

    公开(公告)号:US20200029296A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-23

    申请号:US16362565

    申请日:2019-03-22

    申请人: TOTUM LABS, INC.

    IPC分类号: H04W64/00 H04B7/185

    摘要: An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is a method, by a satellite, including sending a downlink signal to a first endpoint and a second endpoint at a first time and receiving a first uplink signal from the first endpoint at a second time. The second time is based on a first delay value calculated by the first endpoint. The method further includes receiving a second uplink signal from the second endpoint at a third time. The third time is based on a second delay value calculated by the second endpoint. The method further includes calculating the first delay value and the second delay value based on one or more identifiers of the first endpoint and the second endpoint, respectively, and an algorithm and determining a first distance between the satellite and the first endpoint and a second distance between the satellite and the second endpoint.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING RELIABLE SATELLITE LINKS

    公开(公告)号:US20200028579A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-23

    申请号:US16362574

    申请日:2019-03-22

    申请人: TOTUM LABS, INC.

    IPC分类号: H04B7/185

    摘要: An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is a method including determining, by a location server, a satellite constellation, a location of a target endpoint, and a next available time of the target endpoint. The method further includes determining, by the location server, a plurality of candidate satellites based on the satellite constellation, the location of the target endpoint, and the next available time of the target endpoint. The method further includes instructing, by the location server, a ground station to broadcast a downlink signal to the plurality of candidate satellites.

    System and method for downlink scheduling that optimizes downlink (DL) capacity

    公开(公告)号:US11121763B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-14

    申请号:US16845883

    申请日:2020-04-10

    申请人: TOTUM LABS, INC.

    摘要: An illustrated embodiment disclosed herein is a method including maintaining, by a satellite, a plurality of physical data units (PDUs). Each PDU has a corresponding spreading factor (SF). The method includes selecting, by the satellite, a lowest SF, adding, by the satellite, all PDUs associated with the lowest SF to a slot, and determining, by the satellite and until the determination is affirmative, whether available capacity of the slot is less than a predetermined threshold. The method includes, responsive to determining that the available capacity of the slot is not less than the predetermined threshold, selecting, by the satellite, a greater SF and adding, by the satellite, one or more PDUs associated with the greater SF to the slot. The method includes responsive to determining that the available capacity of the slot is less than that the predetermined threshold, sending, by the satellite, the slot to an endpoint.

    Multiple access system and method for determining a distance to an endpoint

    公开(公告)号:US10673491B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-02

    申请号:US16362565

    申请日:2019-03-22

    申请人: TOTUM LABS, INC.

    摘要: An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is a method, by a satellite, including sending a downlink signal to a first endpoint and a second endpoint at a first time and receiving a first uplink signal from the first endpoint at a second time. The second time is based on a first delay value calculated by the first endpoint. The method further includes receiving a second uplink signal from the second endpoint at a third time. The third time is based on a second delay value calculated by the second endpoint. The method further includes calculating the first delay value and the second delay value based on one or more identifiers of the first endpoint and the second endpoint, respectively, and an algorithm and determining a first distance between the satellite and the first endpoint and a second distance between the satellite and the second endpoint.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING THE EFFECTS OF DOPPLER

    公开(公告)号:US20200028541A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-23

    申请号:US16362577

    申请日:2019-03-22

    申请人: TOTUM LABS, INC.

    IPC分类号: H04B7/01 H04B17/40 H04B7/185

    摘要: An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is a method including estimating, by an endpoint, a first rate of change of a Doppler frequency offset during a downlink reception from a satellite associated with the Doppler frequency offset and applying, by the endpoint, a second rate of change of the Doppler frequency offset to an uplink transmission to the satellite. The second rate of change of the Doppler frequency offset compensates the first rate of change of the Doppler frequency offset.