Compensating for a non-ideal surface of a reflector in a satellite communication system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9293820
APP PUB NO 20140266870A1
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13798342

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A method is provided that includes measuring amplitudes and phases of signals reflected off a reflector of a satellite, with the amplitudes and phases forming a first set of measurements. The method includes calculating an element correlation matrix as a function of the first set of measurements. The element correlation matrix represents a radiated feed element pattern off the reflector. And the method includes adjusting a formed beam pattern of a beamformer based on the element correlation matrix to thereby compensate for a non-ideal surface of the reflector.

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  • THE BOEING COMPANY

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Busche, Greg Rolling Hills, US 11 96
Koduru, Chandra S Hawthorne, US 1 31
Suh, Kihyun Kevin Harbor City, US 1 31
Veysoglu, Murat E Cypress, US 13 157

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