SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING AUTO-COMMISSIONING IN A TWO-WAY SATELLITE SYSTEM

摘要

An approach for performing auto-commissioning over a two-way satellite network is disclosed. A transceiver (109) transmits and receives signals over the two-way satellite network. An antenna (111) is coupled to the transceiver (109). A user terminal (101) is coupled to the transceiver (109) and executes a setup program. The program instructs a user to point the antenna (111) to a beacon satellite (107) using predefined pointing values based upon the location of the antenna (111). The user provides user information over a temporary channel that is established via the beacon satellite (107) to a hub (113). The hub (113) downloads network configuration parameters and antenna (111) pointing parameters to the user terminal (101). The user selectively re-points the antenna (111) based upon the downloaded antenna (111) pointing parameters. The user terminal (101) is configured based upon the downloaded network configuration parameters, without the need to employ a separate terrestrial link.