Patent ID: 11863290
Assignee: THALES
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for entry into a satellite communication network comprising at least one satellite, the communications of the satellite communication network being organized according to a beam-hopping mechanism wherein hop frames define antenna beam configurations of the at least one satellite, wherein resources of the hop frames are reserved for forming directional entry beams dedicated to entry or re-entry of user terminals into the satellite communication network, at least two of the directional entry beams having different directions of sight;
wherein the directional entry beams are used for transmission, by the satellite, of information on the modalities of transmission of requests for entry or re-entry into the satellite communication network by user terminals, and for the transmission, by one or more user terminals, of requests for entry or re-entry into the satellite communication network.