Patent ID: 9425890
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: H01Q,H04B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of satellite communication, the method comprising: providing a user terminal antenna system within an overlapping region of a first spot beam and a second spot beam of a satellite, wherein at least one of a polarization and a frequency range of the first spot beam is different from a polarization and a frequency range of the second spot beam; electronically configuring a transceiver of the user terminal antenna system to match the polarization and the frequency range of the first spot beam; communicating a radio frequency signal between the electronically configured transceiver of the user terminal antenna system and the satellite via the first spot beam; receiving, at the user terminal antenna system, a command to switch communication with the satellite from the first spot beam to the second spot beam; in response to the received command, electronically reconfiguring the transceiver to match the polarization and the frequency range of the second spot beam; and communicating the radio frequency signal between the electronically reconfigured transceiver of the user terminal antenna system and the satellite via the second spot beam.