Kevin R Cheek

US Patent:

20210306990, Sep 30, 2021

Filed:

Dec 22, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/131521

Inventors:

- Seattle WA, US
Nathan Burns - Chesterfield MO, US
Michelle Lynn Dobbs - Denver CO, US
Andrew Wolfe - Denver CO, US
Kevin Cheek - Herndon VA, US
John Garvey - Reston VA, US
Ben Linville - Englewood CO, US
Ismael Gonzales - Littleton CO, US

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc. - Seattle WA

International Classification:

H04W 72/04
H04W 16/26
H04W 28/26

Abstract:

A matchmaking service can match a satellite owner/operator with antennas that are available and capable of servicing a communication request from the satellite owner/operator (e.g., to exchange data with the satellite owner/operator's satellite). The communication request may be received at a ground station service, and information included therein may be compared to capabilities of antennas registered with the ground station service to determine antennas that are compatible with the request. The ground station service may reserve a time slot for a selected compatible antenna to service the request and control the selected compatible antenna (e.g., to track and communicate with the satellite) during the time slot. In some embodiments, the matchmaking of satellite owners/operators to antennas uses models to determine communication parameters for a communication request and to determine capabilities of antennas registered with the ground station.