IP Library Granted Patent US 12,615,082
Granted Patent B2
US 12,615,082 · App. 17/932,138 · Granted Apr 28, 2026

Machine learning enabled self-detection for truck rolls on end-user satellite terminals

Inventors: Soham Sheth (Gaithersburg, MD); David Whitefield (Germantown, MD); Amit Arora (Clarksburg, MD)
Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLC
H04B7/18519H04B7/18517H04W24/08
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Patent No.
US 12,615,082
App. No.
17/932,138
Granted
Apr 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method for collecting, at a terminal, statistical data regarding performance of a transport between the terminal and a satellite; analyzing, at the terminal with an ML model, the statistical data to determine a failure state of the terminal and notifying a user of the failure state, wherein the ML model is trained on a training dataset collected from a terminal population, and the statistical data comprises a terminal state and transport metrics for the terminal.

Claims (27)

1 . A method for determining a failure state of a satellite terminal using a Machine Learning (ML) system comprising a computer processor, the method comprising:

collecting, at a terminal, statistical data regarding performance of a transport between the terminal and a satellite;

analyzing, at the terminal with an ML model, the statistical data to determine a failure state of the terminal;

notifying a user of the failure state; and

pre-processing the statistical data to homogenize and to normalize the statistical data prior to the analyzing,

wherein the ML model is trained on a training dataset collected from a terminal population, and the statistical data comprises a terminal state and transport metrics for the terminal.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the failure state comprises one or more of a normal state, a dispatch state, or a failure prediction.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the failure state comprises a likely cause of an operational failure.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the failure state comprises a predicted failure duration.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the terminal performs a self-healing based on the failure state.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the notifying comprises displaying the failure state.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the notifying comprises sending a message to a customer care center prior to the failure state necessitating a truck roll.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising setting up the ML model in the terminal over the transport for execution at the terminal.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the transport metrics comprise one or more of a frequency band, a satellite constellation, an antenna, a carrier frequency, a gateway identification, an outdoor unit, a Packet Loss Rate (PLR), a Modulation and Coding (MODCOD) symbol rate, a MODCOD modulation, a transport layer queue depth, a transport layer queue latency, a link type, a congestion level, an interface cost, a latency, a jitter, bytes sent and received, a terminal restart count or a combination thereof.

10 . A satellite communication system to determine a failure state of a satellite terminal using a Machine Learning (ML) system comprising a computer processor, the satellite communication system comprising:

a terminal to collect statistical data regarding performance of a transport between the terminal and a satellite, and to notify a user of a failure state; and

an ML model, at the terminal, to analyze the statistical data to determine the failure state of the terminal,

wherein the ML model is trained on a training dataset collected from a terminal population, and the statistical data comprises a terminal state and transport metrics for the terminal, and

wherein the ML model pre-processes the statistical data to homogenize and to normalize the statistical data prior to the analyzing.

11 . The satellite communication system of claim 10 , wherein the failure state comprises one or more of a normal state, a dispatch state, or a failure prediction.

12 . The satellite communication system of claim 10 , wherein the failure state comprises a likely cause of an operational failure.

13 . The satellite communication system of claim 10 , wherein the failure state comprises a predicted failure duration.

14 . The satellite communication system of claim 10 , wherein the terminal performs a self-healing based on the failure state.

15 . The satellite communication system of claim 10 , wherein the terminal displays the failure state.

16 . The satellite communication system of claim 10 , wherein the terminal sends a message to a customer care center prior to the failure state necessitating a truck roll.

17 . The satellite communication system of claim 10 , wherein the terminal receives the ML model over the transport to execute at the terminal.

18 . The satellite communication system of claim 10 , wherein the transport metrics comprise one or more of a frequency band, a satellite constellation, an antenna, a carrier frequency, a gateway identification, an outdoor unit, a Packet Loss Rate (PLR), a Modulation and Coding (MODCOD) symbol rate, a MODCOD modulation, a transport layer queue depth, a transport layer queue latency, a link type, a congestion level, an interface cost, a latency, a jitter, bytes sent and received, a terminal restart count or a combination thereof.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2026
From: HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE (FORMERLY KNOWN AS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION)
Reel/Frame 075401/0515 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2022
From: HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 061470/0920 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2022
From: WHITEFIELD, DAVID; SHETH, SOHAM; ARORA, AMIT
To: HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC
Reel/Frame 061107/0524 →
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