Patent ID: 8050628

Claim:
A system for predicting potential blockages of the line-of-sight between a communications-on-the-move (“COTM”) antenna and a target satellite to mitigate interference caused by communications on-the-move, the system comprising: a COTM antenna configured to transmit an uplink signal and receive a downlink signal; communication equipment coupled to a connection and control board; and a computer coupled to the connection and control board, wherein the computer is configured to transmit data to the connection and control board; the connection and control board is configured to transmit data to the communication equipment; and the communication equipment is configured to perform at least one of the actions selected from the group consisting of (i) stopping transmission of the uplink signal, and (ii) starting transmission of the uplink signal, and wherein the computer comprises a database comprising 3-dimensional terrestrial map data and is programmed to calculate whether an obstruction will enter the line-of-sight between the COTM antenna and the target satellite within a preselected timeframe from the database and vehicle data comprising velocity and location of a vehicle equipped with a COTM antenna.