Patent ID: 11968029
Assignee: SATIXFY ISRAEL LTD.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for use in a satellite communications network, comprising:
transmitting and/or receiving superframes according to a pre-scheduled beam hopping time plan having different dwell times of cells of a plurality of cells within said satellite communications network,
which superframes comprise payload capacity units and dummy symbols and have variable lengths, as defined by a number of payload capacity units (P) in a superframe,
wherein the method comprises
determining:
said number of payload capacity units (P) according to a dwell time for transmission of said superframe and according to a beam switching time;
a number of dummy symbols (D), according to said beam switching time by multiplying said beam switching time by said symbol rate, according to the following relationship equation:

D=(said dwell time)*(said symbol rate)−(said header length)−(said capacity unit size)*said number of payload units (P).