Patent ID: 9154217
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus configured as a satellite communications outdoor unit, the apparatus comprising: a receive antenna to receive a first radio frequency signal from a satellite, wherein a receive beam produced by the receive antenna is electrically steerable to point to the satellite; a transmit antenna to transmit a second radio frequency signal to the satellite, wherein a transmit beam produced by the transmit antenna is electrically steerable to point to the satellite; a system on a chip comprising: a global positioning system receiver to determine a world position of the apparatus, wherein the global positioning system receiver occasionally updates the world position of the apparatus; a digital signal processor to process a first digital representation of the baseband receive signal to determine received information, and to process transmit information to determine a second digital representation of the baseband transmit signal to the satellite communications transmitter, wherein the digital signal processor causes both the receive antenna and the transmit antenna to point to the satellite, based on the world position of the apparatus determined by the global positioning receiver and a fixed or predictable position of the satellite; and a wireless network interface to directly send the received information to a data sink and to directly receive the transmit information from a data source.