CA2099196A1 - Satellite identification and antenna alignment - Google Patents

Satellite identification and antenna alignment

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CA2099196A1
CA2099196A1 CA002099196A CA2099196A CA2099196A1 CA 2099196 A1 CA2099196 A1 CA 2099196A1 CA 002099196 A CA002099196 A CA 002099196A CA 2099196 A CA2099196 A CA 2099196A CA 2099196 A1 CA2099196 A1 CA 2099196A1
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satellite
antenna
communication signal
data
satellites
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Gordon Kent Walker
John Kent Taylor
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Arris Technology Inc
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General Instrument Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/12—Supports; Mounting means
    • H01Q1/125—Means for positioning
    • H01Q1/1257—Means for positioning using the received signal strength
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q3/00—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system
    • H01Q3/005—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system using remotely controlled antenna positioning or scanning

Abstract

A satellite identification system for identifying a communications satellite from which a broadcast communication signal is being received by an antenna, wherein the communication signal includes data identifying a programmer that broadcast the communication signal and/or an uplink location from which the communication signal is broadcast. The system includes a memory storing a look-up table correlating satellite identification data for a plurality of satellites with the programmer identification data and/or the uplink location data for the plurality of satellites; means for detecting the programmer identification data and/or the uplink location data from a communication signal received by the antenna from one of the plurality of satellites; and means for accessing the look-up table in response to the detected programmer identification data and/or the uplink location data to retrieve the satellite identification data for the satellite from which the communication signal is received. The satellite identification system is included in a satellite antenna alignment system for automatically identifying reference satellites. The satellite antenna alignment system also automatically aligns the antenna to a position at which optimum quality is achieved for a communication signal received from a reference satellite; and the alignment positions of the antenna are measured and stored for at least two reference satellites to which the antenna is automatically aligned. Current correlated data is provided in the look-up tables by detecting updated correlated data in a communication signal received by the antenna and loading the updated correlated data into the look-up tables.
CA002099196A 1992-07-10 1993-06-25 Satellite identification and antenna alignment Expired - Fee Related CA2099196C (en)

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US07/911,460 1992-07-10
US07/911,460 US5313215A (en) 1992-07-10 1992-07-10 Satellite identification and antenna alignment

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CA (1) CA2099196C (en)
DE (1) DE69329320T2 (en)
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DE69329320D1 (en) 2000-10-05
DE69329320T2 (en) 2001-03-01
NO932449L (en) 1994-01-11
US5313215A (en) 1994-05-17
EP0579407B1 (en) 2000-08-30
NO932449D0 (en) 1993-07-06
EP0579407A1 (en) 1994-01-19
MX9304079A (en) 1994-04-29
CA2099196C (en) 2004-04-06
NO304957B1 (en) 1999-03-08

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