ViaSat, Inc. (20240259086). Satellite for End to End Beamforming
Satellite for End to End Beamforming
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Kenneth V. Buer of Bluff City TN US
Mark J. Miller of San Marcos CA US
Satellite for End to End Beamforming
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240259086 titled 'Satellite for End to End Beamforming
Original Abstract Submitted
methods and systems are described for providing end-to-end beamforming. for example, end-to-end beamforming systems include end-to-end relays and ground networks to provide communications to user terminals located in user beam coverage areas. the ground segment can include geographically distributed access nodes and a central processing system. return uplink signals, transmitted from the user terminals, have multipath induced by a plurality of receive/transmit signal paths in the end to end relay and are relayed to the ground network. the ground network, using beamformers, recovers user data streams transmitted by the user terminals from return downlink signals. the ground network, using beamformers generates forward uplink signals from appropriately weighted combinations of user data streams that, after relay by the end-end-end relay, produce forward downlink signals that combine to form user beams.