AI power management system for effective duty cycle for space constellations
A ground station has a power management communication system for use with a satellite having one or more solar cells that generate solar power, an energy storage that collects solar power from the one or more solar cells and provides stored energy, and one or more electronic components. The power management communications system has a learning artificial intelligence algorithm that allocates solar power from the one or more solar cells and stored energy from the energy storage to the one or more electronic components, based on a number of factors including communication needs, adjustable parameters, and performance indicators. The user can indicate the desired communication to be achieved, and the system determines the appropriate operating parameters for the satellite.
1. A power management communication system for use with a satellite having adjustable parameter settings, the power management communication system comprising:
an antenna; and
a processing device coupled to the antenna, the processing device configured to:
receive sensed or determined inputs with respect to the satellite;
receive performance indicators; and
implement a learning artificial intelligence algorithm to optimize the adjustable parameter settings based on analysis of the performance indicators and the sensed or determined inputs, wherein the sensed or determined inputs include an energy state of the satellite.
2. The power management communication system of claim 1 , wherein the adjustable parameter settings include a flight parameter.
3. The power management communication system of claim 1 , the satellite having one or more solar cells that generate solar power, an energy storage that collects solar power from the one or more solar cells and provides stored energy, wherein the adjustable parameter settings include
a power parameter that allocates solar power from the one or more solar cells and stored energy from the energy storage based on communication needs and the energy state of the satellite.
4. The power management communication system of claim 1 , wherein said processing device is located at a ground station.
5. The power management communication system of claim 1 , wherein said processing device is configured to implement the learning artificial intelligence algorithm to adjust a duty cycle of power dedicated to communications for each satellite of a phase array.
6. The power management communication system of claim 1 , wherein the antenna is a ground station antenna.
7. The power management communication system of claim 1 , wherein the sensed or determined inputs include one or more of the following inputs: prior patterns of communication usage for a geographic location based on country, season, solar season, population distribution statistics, time of day, and weekend/weekday.
8. The power management communication system of claim 1 , wherein the sensed or determined inputs include energy state and one or more of the following inputs: energy supply, energy demand, and satellite overlap.
9. The power management communication system of claim 1 , wherein the adjustable parameter settings include one or more of the following: number of beams formed, spectral efficiency in each beam, bandwidth allocation, and power distribution per beam.
10. The power management communication system of claim 1 , wherein the performance indicators include any one or more of the following: revenue generated, revenue per user, data transmitted, data received, customers served, customers missed, service quality, time on, and ethical/commercial obligations met/unmet.
11. The power management communication system of claim 1 , wherein the performance indicators include any one or more of the following: power consumed, battery strain, strain imposed on other systems, and operational state over time.
12. The power management communication system of claim 1 , wherein the satellite communicates directly with a wireless device on the ground.
13. A power management communication system for use with a satellite that communicates directly with a wireless device on the ground, the satellite having one or more solar cells that generate solar power, energy storage that collects solar power from the one or more solar cells and provides stored energy, the power management communications system comprising:
an antenna; and
a processing device coupled to the antenna, the processing device configured to:
receive sensed or determined inputs with respect to the satellite;
receive performance indicators; and
implement a learning artificial intelligence algorithm to optimize adjustable parameter settings of the satellite based on analysis of the performance indicators and the sensed or determined inputs, wherein the sensed or determined inputs include an energy state of the satellite.
14. A method for controlling operating parameters of a satellite, the method comprising:
receiving, by a processing device, sensed or determined inputs with respect to the satellite;
receiving, by the processing device, performance indicators; and
implementing, by the processing device, a learning artificial intelligence algorithm to optimize adjustable parameter settings of the satellite based on analysis of the performance indicators and the sensed or determined inputs, wherein the sensed or determined inputs include an energy state of the satellite.