Patent ID: 11870544
Assignee: KYMETA CORPORATION
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. A method for use with an antenna in a satellite communication system, the antenna having an electronically steered flat-panel antenna aperture with a plurality of electronically controlled radio frequency (RF) radiating antenna elements, the method comprising:
engaging, using in full duplex communication with a first satellite, the full duplex communication using a first beam generated with the electronically steered flat-panel antenna aperture;
generating a split beam with the electronically steered flat-panel antenna aperture to acquire a signal from a second satellite while generating the first beam while in full duplex communication between the first satellite and the electronically steered flat-panel antenna aperture;
pointing the split beam toward the second satellite to track the second satellite simultaneously while in full duplex communication with the first satellite; and
seamlessly hand off traffic from the first satellite to the second satellite to maintain connectivity throughout transition from the first satellite to the second satellite, including switching full duplex communications from between the electronically steered flat-panel antenna aperture and the first satellite to full duplex communications between the electronically steered flat-panel antenna aperture and the second satellite.