A portable station stores satellite information related to the longitude and the beacon signal of a plurality of communications satellites, executes a rough adjustment process of computing an antenna direction with respect to a target communications satellite on the basis of the longitude of the target communications satellite acquired from the satellite information and an installation location of the portable station itself, and roughly adjusting the antenna direction of the portable station itself in the computed antenna direction, and executes a fine adjustment process of, in a case where the frequency of a beacon signal is a predetermined frequency of the target communications satellite, measuring the beacon signal while increasing or decreasing the azimuth by treating the azimuth of the roughly adjusted antenna as a reference direction, and in a case where a measurement result of a beacon signal matches the information related to the beacon signal from another communications satellite at the longitude that is stored in the satellite information, aligning the azimuth of the antenna with the reference direction and finely adjusting the antenna direction such that the receive level of the beacon signal is maximized. With this arrangement, the antenna direction can be adjusted correctly using only the beacon signal.

An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) resistant telecommunications (telecom) system includes core components mounted within and shielded by a Faraday cage. The components include a data source or storage device. An ethernet switch selectively connects the data source or storage device to a primary satellite router and a post-EMP satellite router. Telecom signals are output from and input to the core components via low noise blocks (LNBs) and block upconverters (BUCs). A method of resisting EMP interference for a telecommunications system includes the steps of enclosing and shielding core components in a Faraday cage and providing output via LNBs and BUCs to an antenna subsystem. The antenna subsystem can include one or more antenna elements with configurations chosen from the group comprising: parabolic dish; array; unidirectional; and omnidirectional. The EMP-resistant telecom can optionally be combined with a signal regenerating subsystem and used with a signal regenerating method.

A terrestrial data communication gateway device for satellite communication comprising: at least one processor; memory accessible to the at least one processor; a LPWAN wireless communication subsystem for communication with multiple remote devices; a satellite communication subsystem for communication with at least one low earth orbit satellite. The memory stores program code executable by the processor to cause the processor to: perform server functions in relation to the multiple remote devices, and configure an edge computing module to perform data processing operations on signals received by the LPWAN communication subsystem. The data processing operations comprise compression of data received by the LPWAN communication subsystem to generate a compressed payload for transmission by the satellite communication subsystem. The memory comprises a backhaul scheduling module to schedule communication of a transmission by the satellite communication subsystem to the low earth orbit satellite.

A microwave prism is used to repoint an operational Direct-to-Home (DTH) or Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) reflector antenna as part of a ground terminal to receive (or transmit) signals from a different satellite or orbital position without physically moving the reflector or the feed horn antenna. The microwave prism operates by shifting the radiated fields from the horn antenna generally perpendicular to the focal axis of the parabolic reflector in order to cause the main beam of the reflector to scan in response. For an existing reflector antenna receiving signals from an incumbent satellite, a prism has been designed to be snapped into place over the feed horn and shift the fields laterally by a calibrated distance. The structure of the prism is designed to be positioned and oriented correctly without the use of skilled labor. This system allows a satellite service provider to repoint their subscribers to a new satellite by shipping a self-install kit of the prism that is pre-configured to have the correct orientation and position on the feed antenna to correctly re-point the beam at a different satellite once the prism is applied. One benefit of the system is that unskilled labor, i.e., the subscribers themselves, can be used to repoint a large number of subscriber antennas in a satellite network rather than requiring the cost of a truck roll and a technician to visit every site. The microwave prisms to implement this functionality can be constructed in different ways, with homogeneous slabs or blocks, Gradient-Index (GRIN), multi-layered dielectric, geometric or graded-index Fresnel-zone, metasurface, or metamaterial prisms. The geometric and electrical constraints of the design are determined by the incumbent and target satellites and the ground terminal location.

The disclosure herein describes transmitting data from a satellite using a primary ground station and a set of secondary ground stations. An orbit of the satellite is determined over a schedule period and a subset of secondary ground stations is identified based on the determined orbit of the satellite, wherein secondary ground stations are configured to receive from the satellite and not transmit to the satellite. A transmission schedule associated with the satellite is then generated. For each secondary ground station of the subset, a time interval during which the satellite is within communication range is determined, an expected transmission rate is estimated, and the time interval and the expected transmission rate are included in the transmission schedule. The transmission schedule is provided to the satellite via the primary ground station, whereby the satellite is configured to transmit data to the subset of ground stations based on the transmission schedule.

A method is proposed for storing at least one piece of data representative of a content available at a content server connected to a constellation of communication satellites. Such method comprises:

intercepting (S200) at least one request for the content transmitted by at least one terminal equipment connected to the constellation of communication satellites;

determining (S210), based on the at least one request, a context wherein the content is required by the at least one terminal;

downloading (S220) the at least one piece of data from the content server at time slots function of the context; and

storing (S230) in a data storage device the at downloaded least one piece of data for subsequent delivery to a given terminal.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a source node in a non-terrestrial network (NTN) providing an NTN cell, measurement reference information regarding one or more measurements, wherein the measurement reference information includes association information including a group identifier for the one or more measurements. The UE may communicate in the NTN cell in accordance with the measurement reference information. Numerous other aspects are described.

A satellite communication earth station includes a detection unit that detects a longitude, a latitude, an altitude, an azimuth, and an inclination of the antenna, a drive unit that drives the antenna to adjust the azimuth angle, the elevation angle, and the polarization angle of the antenna to the communication satellite, a determination unit that determines whether the longitude, the latitude, the altitude, the azimuth, or the inclination detected by the detection unit or the azimuth angle, the elevation angle, or the polarization angle driven by the drive unit makes a change from an initial setting value to a predetermined threshold value or more, and a stop processing unit that stops transmission of the radio wave from the antenna when the determination unit determines that the change from the initial setting value to the predetermined threshold value or more is made.

A wideband transceiver for a gateway is presented. The wideband transceiver may interface with the gateway’s processors over an interface that carries data encapsulated in baseband frames. The wideband transceiver may comprise a modulator and a high power amplifier and may improve a transmitted signal quality and may utilize a wideband for wireless communications, for example, for a satellite communication system.

Determination information necessary to determine accuracy of detection of a longitude, a latitude, and an altitude of an antenna is acquired, whether the accuracy of detection of the longitude, the latitude, and the altitude is in a necessary and sufficient level is determined in accordance with the acquired determination information, the longitude, the latitude, the altitude, the azimuth, and the inclination of the antenna are detected also after elapse of a predetermined time after the transmission of the radio wave from the antenna is stopped, and the antenna is driven to adjust the azimuth angle, the elevation angle, and the polarization angle of the antenna to the communication satellite in accordance with the longitude, the latitude, the altitude, the azimuth, and the inclination of the antenna detected after elapse of the predetermined time after the transmission of the radio wave from the antenna is stopped.