Patent ID: 11916649
Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A satellite communication method for a vehicle, said vehicle comprising a communication module as claimed in claim 1, said method comprising:
i) obtaining a set of parameters comprising the position, the orbital trajectory and the speed of the satellite and the position, the inclination and/or the orientation and the speed of the vehicle,
ii) determining the portion of the trajectory of the satellite that is seen from the vehicle from the set of parameters that is obtained,
iii) determining, from the calibration table, the at least one angular window corresponding to the position of the satellite on the determined portion of the trajectory in a given time interval,
iv) adapting the radiation of the at least one antenna so that said antenna radiates in the direction of the at least one determined angular window during the corresponding given time interval.