SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RE-CONFIGURING A SATELLITE ANTENNA

    公开(公告)号:US20200028577A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-23

    申请号:US16362586

    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 satellite including a transceiver, a first antenna, a second antenna, and a switch to enable only the first antenna by electrically coupling the first antenna to the transceiver responsive to a satellite constellation having less than a threshold number of satellites and enable only the second antenna by electrically coupling the second antenna to the transceiver responsive to the satellite constellation having greater than the threshold number of satellites.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOWNLINK SCHEDULING THAT OPTIMIZES DOWNLINK (DL) CAPACITY

    公开(公告)号:US20210409108A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-30

    申请号:US17473557

    申请日:2021-09-13

    申请人: Totum Labs, Inc.

    IPC分类号: H04B7/185 H04W72/04

    摘要: An illustrated embodiment disclosed herein is a method for downlink scheduling. The method includes scheduling, by a satellite, one or more protocol data units (PDUs) in a slot, determining, by the satellite, whether available capacity of the slot is less than a predetermined threshold, responsive to determining that the available capacity of the slot is not less than the predetermined threshold, scheduling, by the satellite, a second one or more PDUs in the slot, and responsive to determining that the available capacity of the slot is less than that the predetermined threshold, transmitting, by the satellite, the slot to an endpoint. In some embodiments, the one or more PDUs are associated with a first spreading factor (SF). In some embodiments, the first SF is lower than a second SF. In some embodiments, the second one or more PDUs are associated with the second SF.

    System and method for compensating the effects of doppler

    公开(公告)号:US10659107B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-19

    申请号:US16362577

    申请日:2019-03-22

    申请人: TOTUM LABS, INC.

    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.

    System and method for a power control scheme that optimizes downlink (DL) capacity

    公开(公告)号:US11172454B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-09

    申请号:US16845784

    申请日:2020-04-10

    申请人: TOTUM LABS, INC.

    摘要: An illustrated embodiment disclosed herein is a method including receiving, by an endpoint and from a satellite, a downlink (DL) frame including a reduced power portion of the DL frame, measuring, by the endpoint, a signal strength of the reduced power portion of the DL frame, selecting, by the endpoint, an uplink (UL) spreading factor (SF) and a UL transmit (Tx) backoff associated with a target UL Tx power at which to send a UL frame, measuring, by the endpoint, a first rise-over-thermal, sending, by the endpoint and to the satellite, the UL frame including at least one of the UL SF or the first rise-over-thermal, receiving, by the endpoint and from the satellite, a DL physical data unit (PDU) modulated by a DL SF selected by the satellite, and demodulating, by the endpoint, the DL PDU simultaneously at a plurality of SFs.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A POWER CONTROL SCHEME THAT OPTIMIZES DOWNLINK (DL) CAPACITY

    公开(公告)号:US20210321338A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-14

    申请号:US16845784

    申请日:2020-04-10

    申请人: TOTUM LABS, INC.

    摘要: An illustrated embodiment disclosed herein is a method including receiving, by an endpoint and from a satellite, a downlink (DL) frame including a reduced power portion of the DL frame, measuring, by the endpoint, a signal strength of the reduced power portion of the DL frame, selecting, by the endpoint, an uplink (UL) spreading factor (SF) and a UL transmit (Tx) backoff associated with a target UL Tx power at which to send a UL frame, measuring, by the endpoint, a first rise-over-thermal, sending, by the endpoint and to the satellite, the UL frame including at least one of the UL SF or the first rise-over-thermal, receiving, by the endpoint and from the satellite, a DL physical data unit (PDU) modulated by a DL SF selected by the satellite, and demodulating, by the endpoint, the DL PDU simultaneously at a plurality of SFs.

    System and method for determining a target for an uplink (UL) transmission

    公开(公告)号:US10998966B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-04

    申请号:US16845474

    申请日:2020-04-10

    申请人: Totum Labs, Inc.

    摘要: An illustrated embodiment disclosed herein is a method including receiving, by an endpoint, a plurality of swept syncs, each swept sync being on a different channel, measuring, by the endpoint, a received signal power for each of the plurality of swept syncs, determining, by the endpoint, a first swept sync based on the received signal power, interpolating, from the first swept sync, a first channel for sending an uplink (UL) physical data unit (PDU), sending, by the endpoint, the UL PDU on the first channel, and receiving, by the endpoint, a downlink (DL) PDU on a second channel, wherein the second channel is based on the first channel to leverage channel reciprocity.

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

    公开(公告)号:US11552698B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-10

    申请号:US17473557

    申请日:2021-09-13

    申请人: Totum Labs, Inc.

    摘要: An illustrated embodiment disclosed herein is a method for downlink scheduling. The method includes scheduling, by a satellite, one or more protocol data units (PDUs) in a slot, determining, by the satellite, whether available capacity of the slot is less than a predetermined threshold, responsive to determining that the available capacity of the slot is not less than the predetermined threshold, scheduling, by the satellite, a second one or more PDUs in the slot, and responsive to determining that the available capacity of the slot is less than that the predetermined threshold, transmitting, by the satellite, the slot to an endpoint. In some embodiments, the one or more PDUs are associated with a first spreading factor (SF). In some embodiments, the first SF is lower than a second SF. In some embodiments, the second one or more PDUs are associated with the second SF.