Method and device for configuring a satellite communication system in low Earth orbit for a vehicle

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for configuring a low-Earth orbit satellite communication system of a first vehicle (11) configured to communicate data according to a first communication mode and a second communication mode, this second communication mode being a low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication mode. To this end, first data representing a parameter table for at least one phased array antenna of the low-Earth orbit satellite communication system of the first vehicle (11), and second data representing a map depicting a set of areas within a territory in which the low-Earth orbit satellite communication system of the first vehicle (11) can be activated, are received. The low-Earth orbit satellite communication system of the first vehicle (11) is configured according to the parameter table and map data.Figure for the abbreviation: Figure 1.

Claims

and said configuration includes an activation of said low orbit satellite communication system when said current position of said first vehicle (11) is included in an area among all of said areas of said territory in which said low orbit satellite communication system may be activated, and a deactivation of said low orbit satellite communication system when said current position of said first vehicle (11) is not included in an area among all of said areas of said territory in which said low orbit satellite communication system may be activated.

6. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein said parameter table includes antenna cell activation information for each of said antenna cells of said at least one phase-controlled array antenna of said first vehicle (11).

7. Method according to claim 6, wherein said configuration includes the activation or deactivation of said antenna cell for each of said antenna cells of said at least one phase-controlled array antenna of said first vehicle (11) as a function of said activation information.

8. A method according to claims 1 to 7, wherein said first and second data are received from a remote server-type device (110) via a wireless connection.

9. Configuration device for a low-Earth orbit satellite communication system of a vehicle (11), said configuration device comprising a memory associated with at least one processor configured for carrying out the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

10. Vehicle (11) comprising a device (2) according to claim 9. [Fig. 1]