US Patent Issued to Viasat on Aug. 12 for "Techniques for switching between operating modes of beamforming systems and satellites" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,523, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Viasat Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Techniques for switching between operating modes of beamforming systems and satellites" was invented by Kenneth V. Buer (Bluff City, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for communications satellites to switch operating modes are described. A communications satellite may operate according to a first operating mode to provide communications services for user terminals in a first coverage area (e.g., providing the user terminals with forward link communications services using a first communication link with a first polarization) The communicati...