Patent ID: 6553226
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
A computer readable medium containing software instructions that, upon execution by at least one digital computer, causes the at least one digital computer to manage intersatellite links in a low earth orbit satellite system for a satellite operating in an orbital plane, the computer readable medium comprising:a plurality of software instructions that cause the digital computer to operate to cause the satellite to establish an initial set of neighbor intersatellite links to satellites of a neighboring orbital plane to produce minimum offset; a plurality of software instructions that cause the digital computer to determine that the initial set of neighbor intersatellite links to the satellites of the neighboring orbital plane will not produce minimum offset for a subsequent pass; a plurality of software instructions that cause the digital computer to operate to cause the satellite to establish a new set of neighbor intersatellite links to satellites of the neighboring orbital plane to produce minimum offset in a subsequent pass; a plurality of software instructions that cause the digital computer to determine that establishing the new set of neighbor intersatellite links should be delayed to reduce the affect on communication load; and a plurality of software instructions that cause the digital computer to operate to cause the satellite to establish the new set of neighbor intersatellite links after a delay.