A satellite communications system (10) provides for snap to grid variable beam size digital beamforming. The communications system (10) has an antenna configuration (20) for maintaining communications links with satellite networking equipment, and a signal processing system (30) for processing signals resulting from the communications links. The beamforming subsystem (40) forms beams based on the processed signals wherein the beams match predetermined grid information. The beamforming subsystem (40) includes a grid database (50) containing predetermined grid information. A beamforming processor (60) converts the predetermined grid information contained in the grid database (50) antenna coefficients. An antenna management system forms beams based on the antenna coefficients.
申请公布号
WO0141548(A2)
申请公布日期
2001.06.14
申请号
WO2000US32285
申请日期
2000.11.22
申请人
MOTOROLA, INC.
发明人
HOGBERG, SHAWN, WESLEY;GROSS, JONATHON, HENRY;DAVIEAU, GERALD, JOSEPH