Automatic detection of communications satellite

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8934833-B2
Application number	US-80975507-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 1, 2007
Priority date	Jun 1, 2007
Publication date	Jan 13, 2015
Grant date	Jan 13, 2015

Abstract

A fast and efficient automated satellite constellation detection process can be implemented at least in part independent of in-band data in the satellite signal. The automated detection process iterates through a set of various predefined transponder settings to detect one or more accessible satellite constellations through each satellite dish connected directly or through a switch to a satellite receiver. The process determines whether the satellite receiver is able to lock onto a satellite signal at each transponder setting. Based on the combinations of which satellite constellations are available at each transponder setting, the process allocates a specific satellite constellation to each satellite dish. In one implementation, channel information can be used to further refine the detection and identification of accessible satellite constellations for each satellite dish.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for identifying a satellite constellation, the method comprising:
configuring a satellite receiver to use at least a first modulation parameter set from among a plurality of modulation parameter sets associated with a plurality of known satellite constellations available for communication with the satellite receiver via a satellite dish, wherein each of the plurality of modulation parameter sets comprises a plurality of parameters;
setting a prede…

Assignees

• Dragne Lucian
• Hollingum Rathe
• Logemann Gunther
• Mooney Lorcan
• Microsoft Corp

Inventors

• Dragne Lucian
• Hollingum Rathe
• Logemann Gunther
• Mooney Lorcan

Classifications

• H04B7/185 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic