Method and apparatus for correction of quantization-induced beacon beam errors
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04B-007/185
H01Q-001/00
출원번호
US-0877564
(2004-06-25)
등록번호
US-7268726
(2007-09-11)
발명자
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Fowell,Richard A.
Wang,Hanching G.
출원인 / 주소
The Boeing Company
대리인 / 주소
Gates & Cooper LLP
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초록▼
A method of correcting for beacon pointing errors is disclosed. A desired beacon value and a predicted measured beacon value are computed and used to generate the beacon correction. An antenna pattern calculator can be used to compute the predicted measured beacon value, and a beacon correction valu
A method of correcting for beacon pointing errors is disclosed. A desired beacon value and a predicted measured beacon value are computed and used to generate the beacon correction. An antenna pattern calculator can be used to compute the predicted measured beacon value, and a beacon correction value generator can be used to compute the desired beacon value and to generate the beacon correction.
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What is claimed is: 1. A method of correcting for beacon pointing errors, comprising the steps of: computing a desired beacon value; computing a predicted measured beacon value comprising the steps of generating beacon beamweights from data describing an orbit of a satellite; quantizing the generat
What is claimed is: 1. A method of correcting for beacon pointing errors, comprising the steps of: computing a desired beacon value; computing a predicted measured beacon value comprising the steps of generating beacon beamweights from data describing an orbit of a satellite; quantizing the generated beacon beamweights; and computng the predicted measured beacon value from the quantized generated beacon beamweights; and generating a beacon correction at least in part from the desired beacon value and the predicted measured beacon value. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the beacon value comprises a beacon angle value. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of generating a beacon correction at least in part from the desired beacon value and the predicted measured beacon value comprises the step of: generating the beacon correction at least in part as a difference between the desired measured beacon angle value and the predicted measured beacon angle value. 4. The method of claim 3 wherein the desired measured beacon angle value and the predicted measured beacon angle value are computed in a ground station using substantially identical instructions as those used to generate measured beacon angles from beacon beam values in a processor disposed on the satellite. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the beacon value comprises a beacon beam value. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the step of generating a beacon correction at least in part from the desired beacon value and the predicted measured beacon value comprises the step of: generating the beacon correction at least in part as a difference between the desired measured beacon beam value and the predicted measured beacon beam value. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein desired measured beacon beam value and the predicted measured beacon beam value are computed in a ground station using substantially identical instructions used to generate measured beacon beam values from beacon beamweights. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein: the desired beacon value is computed at least in part from satellite orbital data and a beacon location. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein: the steps of computing a desired beacon value, computing a predicted measured beacon value, and generating a beacon correction at least in part from the desired beacon value and the predicted measured beacon value is performed in a ground station controlling the satellite; and the method further comprises the step of transmitting the beacon correction from the ground station to the satellite. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of generating beamweights from the satellite orbital data comprises the step of: selecting beacon beamweights from a table according to the satellite orbital data. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the desired beacon value and the predicted measured beacon value are determined for a center of a time period for which the beacon correction is to be used. 12. An apparatus of correcting for beacon pointing errors, comprising: an antenna pattern calculator, for computing a predicted measured beacon value by generating beacon beamweights from data describing an orbit of a satellite, quantizing the generated beacon beamweights, and computing the predicted measured beacon value from the quantized generated beacon beamweights; and a beacon correction value generator, for computing a desired beacon value, and for generating a beacon correction at least in part from the desired beacon value and the predicted measured beacon beam value. 13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the beacon value is a beacon angle value. 14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the beacon correction value generator generates the beacon correction at least in part as a difference between the desired measured beacon angle value and the predicted measured beacon angle value. 15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the beacon value is a beacon beam value. 16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the beacon correction value generator generates the beacon correction at least in part as a difference between the desired measured beacon beam value and the predicted measured beacon beam value. 17. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein: the desired beacon value is computed at least in part from satellite orbital data and a beacon location. 18. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising: a beamweight quantizer, for converting the generated beacon beamweights into quantized beamweights, the beamweight quantizer communicatively coupled to the antenna pattern calculator. 19. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising: a beamweight table, for computing continuous beacon beamweights from satellite orbital data. 20. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the desired beacon value and the predicted measured beacon beam value are determined for a center of a time period for which the beacon beam correction is to be used. 21. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the antenna pattern calculator and beacon value generator are disposed in a ground station and the beacon correction is transmitted from the ground station to the satellite. 22. An apparatus for correcting for beacon pointing errors, comprising: means for computing a desired beacon value; means for computing a predicted measured beacon value, comprising means for generating beacon beamweights from data describing an orbit of a satellite; means for quantizing the generated beacon beamweights; and means for computing the predicted measured beacon value from the quantized generated bacon beamweights; and means for generating a beacon correction at least in part from the desired beacon value and the predicted measured beacon value. 23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the beacon value comprises a beacon angle value. 24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the means for generating a beacon correction at least in part from the desired beacon value and the predicted measured beacon value comprises: means for generating the beacon correction at least in part as a difference between the desired measured beacon angle value and the predicted measured beacon angle value. 25. The apparatus of claim 24 wherein the desired measure beacon angle value and the predicted measured beacon angle value are computed in a ground station using substantially identical instructions as those used to generate measured beacon angles from beacon beam values in a processor disposed on the satellite. 26. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the beacon value comprises a beacon beam value. 27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the means for generating a beacon correction at least in part from the desired beacon value and the predicted measured beacon value comprises: means for generating the beacon correction at least in part as a difference between the desired measured beacon beam value and the predicted measured beacon beam value. 28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein desired measured beacon beam value and the predicted measured beacon beam value are computed in a ground station using substantially identical instructions used to generate measured beacon beam values from beacon beamweights in the satellite. 29. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein: the desired beacon value is computed at least in part from satellite orbital data and a beacon location. 30. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the means for generating beamweights from the satellite orbital data comprises: means for selecting beacon beamweights from a table according to the satellite orbital data. 31. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the desired beacon value and the predicted measured beacon value are determined for a center of a time period for which the beacon correction is to be used. 32. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein: the means for computing the desired beacon value, the means for computing the predicted measured beacon value, and the means for generating a beacon correction at least in part from the desired beacon value and the predicted measured beacon value are disposed in a ground station; and the apparatus further comprises a means for transmitting the generated beacon correction to the satellite.
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