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    • 6. 发明公开
    • SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, SATELLITE TERMINAL AND OPERATION METHOD
    • US20230291469A1
    • 2023-09-14
    • US18120372
    • 2023-03-11
    • All.Space Networks Limited
    • Brian Murphy BillmanJeremiah P. TurpinJohn Finney
    • H04B7/185
    • H04B7/1856H04B7/18547H04B7/18563
    • A method of operating a satellite communications network, the method comprising: receiving from a satellite terminal a message; and storing the message contents in a satellite network database, the message indicating one or both of: (i) a list of communication satellites which are blocked to a satellite antenna or a portion of the field of view of the satellite antenna which is blocked, at a particular geographic location of the satellite antenna; and (ii) a list of communication satellites that are visible to the satellite antenna or a visible portion of the field of view of the satellite antenna, at a particular geographic location of the satellite antenna. A method of operating a satellite terminal having a satellite antenna. The method comprises controlling a beam of the satellite antenna to scan at least a portion of the field of view of the satellite antenna and locate at least one communication satellite or controlling a beam of the satellite antenna to perform a search to locate a communication satellite in the vicinity of a predicted location of the communication satellite, the predicted location being obtained from satellite ephemeris data. The method further comprises updating a satellite terminal database of communication satellites and their locations by recording the location of the located communication satellite in the satellite terminal database. The database and satellite ephemeris data may be used to determine a list of communication satellites which are blocked or a portion of the field of view of the satellite antenna which is blocked at the current location of the satellite antenna, or to determine a list of communication satellites that are visible to the satellite antenna or a visible portion of the field of view of the satellite antenna. The blocking information or visibility information may be transmitted to a satellite communication network and may be used to build a model of satellite communications network availability across a geographical area.