Patent ID: 9369195
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: G01S,G08G,H04B

Claim Text:
1. A satellite having at least one transmitting and/or receiving unit, which has an antenna arrangement for transmitting and/or receiving air-traffic control radio signals, wherein the antenna arrangement has a plurality of directional antennas which in each case form a transmitting and/or receiving sector within a defined transmitting and/or receiving area, and are designed to transmit and/or receive air-traffic control radio signals in their respective transmitting and/or receiving sector, wherein the satellite is configured according to one or more of: (i) wherein the directional antennas are configured for the overlapping of the transmitting and/or receiving sectors in such a way that, if at least one transmitting and/or receiving sector enters a region with a traffic load due to air-traffic control radio signals, at least one transmitting and/or receiving sector overlapping with this sector does not yet extend into the traffic-loaded region, and (ii) wherein the transmitting and/or receiving unit is configured to adapt the directional effect of one or more directional antennas in such a way that spatial extension and/or orientation of transmitting and/or receiving sectors with a predicted and/or current radio traffic load which is higher compared with that of other transmitting and/or receiving sectors is reduced and/or shifted.