Patents by Inventor Turner Noel
Turner Noel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11870544Abstract: A beam splitting hand off systems architecture and method for using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises: generating a first beam with a single electronically steered flat-panel antenna to track a first satellite; generating a second beam with the single electronically steered flat-panel antenna to track a second satellite simultaneously while generating the first beam to track the first satellite; and handing off traffic from the first satellite to the second satellite.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: KYMETA CORPORATIONInventors: Bruce Rothaar, Tim Mason, Turner Noel, Luis Glass, Abdolreza Shafie, Mohsen Sazegar
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Publication number: 20230403072Abstract: A multi-constellation transceiver, a satellite terminal containing the same, and a method using the same are disclosed. In some embodiments, the satellite terminal includes an antenna, a common port coupled to the antenna, and a plurality of modems to be switched into and out of use in real-time, via software commands, to allow transitioning between networks via software commands, each of the modems associated with a different satellite constellation. The satellite terminal also includes a multi-constellation transceiver, communicably coupled to the antenna via the common port and to the plurality of modems, to route signals between the antenna and individual modems of the plurality of modems.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Turner NOEL, Alex Schnedler, Maxwell A. Smoot
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Patent number: 11844025Abstract: A method and apparatus for uplink power control based on power spectral density are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method for use by a terminal in a satellite communication system, the terminal having an antenna, a modem and a controller, the method comprising: determining the scan and skew of the antenna; obtaining, using the controller, a value representing a maximum allowed Power Spectral Density (PSD) for the determined scan and skew; determining, using the controller, a maximum allowable modem power based on the value representing a maximum allowed PSD, where the maximum allowable modem power is that which ensures that transmissions from the terminal do not exceed the maximum allowed PSD if the maximum allowable modem output power is not exceeded by the modem; sending, using the controller, an indication of the allowable modem output power to the modem; and performing one or more transmissions from the terminal based on modem outputs in accordance with the maximum allowable modem output power.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: KYMETA CORPORATIONInventors: Turner Noel, Mark Opfell, Eric Bjorn Hultman, Steven Michael Ziuchkovski, Lekshmi Priya Ravindran Subhadramma, Daeup Chang, Steven Charles Borchers, Ron Radko
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Patent number: 11811489Abstract: Techniques for motion mitigation for uplink power control are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for use in a satellite communication system comprises: generating a power margin associated with motion of an antenna of a satellite terminal; and generating a first power limit representing a maximum transmit power for the antenna based, at least in part, on the power margin.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: KYMETA CORPORATIONInventors: Eric Hultman, Turner Noel, Alexander L. Bautista, Jr.
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Publication number: 20230129650Abstract: A beam splitting hand off systems architecture and method for using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises: generating a first beam with a single electronically steered flat-panel antenna to track a first satellite; generating a second beam with the single electronically steered flat-panel antenna to track a second satellite simultaneously while generating the first beam to track the first satellite; and handing off traffic from the first satellite to the second satellite.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Bruce Rothaar, Tim Mason, Turner Noel, Luis Glass, Abdolreza Shafie, Mohsen Sazegar
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Publication number: 20220256471Abstract: A method and apparatus for uplink power control based on power spectral density are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method for use by a terminal in a satellite communication system, the terminal having an antenna, a modem and a controller, the method comprising: determining the scan and skew of the antenna; obtaining, using the controller, a value representing a maximum allowed Power Spectral Density (PSD) for the determined scan and skew; determining, using the controller, a maximum allowable modem power based on the value representing a maximum allowed PSD, where the maximum allowable modem power is that which ensures that transmissions from the terminal do not exceed the maximum allowed PSD if the maximum allowable modem output power is not exceeded by the modem; sending, using the controller, an indication of the allowable modem output power to the modem; and performing one or more transmissions from the terminal based on modem outputs in accordance with the maximum allowable modem output power.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2021Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Turner Noel, Mark Opfell, Eric Bjorn Hultman, Steven Michael Ziuchkovski, Lekshmi Priya Ravindran Subhadramma, Daeup Chang, Steven Charles Borchers, Ron Radko
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Patent number: 11411640Abstract: A beam splitting hand off systems architecture and method for using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises: generating a first beam with a single electronically steered flat-panel antenna to track a first satellite; generating a second beam with the single electronically steered flat-panel antenna to track a second satellite simultaneously while generating the first beam to track the first satellite; and handing off traffic from the first satellite to the second satellite.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2021Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: KYMETA CORPORATIONInventors: Bruce Rothaar, Tim Mason, Turner Noel, Luis Glass, Abdolreza Shafie, Mohsen Sazegar
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Patent number: 11284354Abstract: A method and apparatus for uplink power control based on power spectral density are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method for use by a terminal in a satellite communication system, the terminal having an antenna, a modem and a controller, the method comprising: determining the scan and skew of the antenna; obtaining, using the controller, a value representing a maximum allowed Power Spectral Density (PSD) for the determined scan and skew; determining, using the controller, a maximum allowable modem power based on the value representing a maximum allowed PSD, where the maximum allowable modem power is that which ensures that transmissions from the terminal do not exceed the maximum allowed PSD if the maximum allowable modem output power is not exceeded by the modem; sending, using the controller, an indication of the allowable modem output power to the modem; and performing one or more transmissions from the terminal based on modem outputs in accordance with the maximum allowable modem output power.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: KYMETA CORPORATIONInventors: Turner Noel, Mark Opfell, Eric Bjorn Hultman, Steven Michael Ziuchkovski, Lekshmi Priya Ravindran Subhadramma, Daeup Chang, Steven Charles Borchers, Ron Radko
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Publication number: 20210384968Abstract: A beam splitting hand off systems architecture and method for using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises: generating a first beam with a single electronically steered flat-panel antenna to track a first satellite; generating a second beam with the single electronically steered flat-panel antenna to track a second satellite simultaneously while generating the first beam to track the first satellite; and handing off traffic from the first satellite to the second satellite.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Bruce Rothaar, Tim Mason, Turner Noel, Luis Glass, Abdolreza Shafie, Mohsen Sazegar
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Patent number: 11063661Abstract: A beam splitting hand off systems architecture and method for using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises: generating a first beam with a single electronically steered flat-panel antenna to track a first satellite; generating a second beam with the single electronically steered flat-panel antenna to track a second satellite simultaneously while generating the first beam to track the first satellite; and handing off traffic from the first satellite to the second satellite.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: KYMETA CORPORATIONInventors: Bruce Rothaar, Tim Mason, Turner Noel, Luis Glass, Abdolreza Shafie, Mohsen Sazegar
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Publication number: 20210203411Abstract: Techniques for motion mitigation for uplink power control are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for use in a satellite communication system comprises: generating a power margin associated with motion of an antenna of a satellite terminal; and generating a first power limit representing a maximum transmit power for the antenna based, at least in part, on the power margin.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Eric Hultman, Turner Noel, Alexander L. Bautista, JR.
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Publication number: 20200252881Abstract: A method and apparatus for uplink power control based on power spectral density are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method for use by a terminal in a satellite communication system, the terminal having an antenna, a modem and a controller, the method comprising: determining the scan and skew of the antenna; obtaining, using the controller, a value representing a maximum allowed Power Spectral Density (PSD) for the determined scan and skew; determining, using the controller, a maximum allowable modem power based on the value representing a maximum allowed PSD, where the maximum allowable modem power is that which ensures that transmissions from the terminal do not exceed the maximum allowed PSD if the maximum allowable modem output power is not exceeded by the modem; sending, using the controller, an indication of the allowable modem output power to the modem; and performing one or more transmissions from the terminal based on modem outputs in accordance with the maximum allowable modem output power.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Turner Noel, Mark Opfell, Eric Bjorn Hultman, Steven Michael Ziuchkovski, Lekshmi Priya Ravindran Subhadramma, Daeup Chang, Steven Charles Borchers, Ron Radko
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Publication number: 20190379446Abstract: A beam splitting hand off systems architecture and method for using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises: generating a first beam with a single electronically steered flat-panel antenna to track a first satellite; generating a second beam with the single electronically steered flat-panel antenna to track a second satellite simultaneously while generating the first beam to track the first satellite; and handing off traffic from the first satellite to the second satellite.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2019Publication date: December 12, 2019Inventors: Bruce Rothaar, Tim Mason, Turner Noel, Luis Glass, Abdolreza Shafie, Mohsen Sazegar