Beam hopping is a technique used in satellite communications to dynamically allocate resources by switching between different antenna beams on a satellite. In traditional satellite communication systems, a satellite’s antennas typically have fixed beams that cover specific geographic areas. However, with beam hopping, the satellite can dynamically steer its antenna beams to different areas of coverage based on demand, traffic patterns, or other factors.
All SatixFy space modem ASICs and ground modem ASICs support Beam hopping. The technology highlights of SatixFy beam hopping are:
- Very fast synchronization algorithms that enable fast beam hopping.
- Fast equalization
- Support for all DVB-S2x beam hopping types.