Patent ID: 11902001
Assignee: WAFER LLC
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 17:
18. The method of claim 17, wherein upon receiving an indication to acquire a new satellite, the method further comprises:
using the ephemeris data of the new satellite to determine a subset of the plurality of receive panels that have line of sight to the new satellite;
directing the subset towards the new satellite;
upon receiving new signal from the new satellite, checking whether the parameter of the new signal received at each panel of the subset exceeds the preset threshold;
grouping all receive panels of the subset having parameter of the new signal exceeding the preset threshold into a new receive group;
determining selected receive panel having parameter of the new signal exceeding the preset threshold the most;
selecting as a new transmit panel a transmit panel associated with the selected receive panel.