METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A SATELLITE COMMUNICATION LINK FROM A SATELLITE TELEPHONE TO A COMMUNICATION SATELLITE AND SATELLITE TELEPHONE FOR CARRYING OUT SUCH A METHOD

摘要

The invention relates to a method for setting up a satellite communication link from a satellite phone (20) to a communication satellite (30.3) of a satellite-based communication system (10), with the following method steps: a) providing time and location-dependent meteorological data to a satellite phone (20); b) Determining, by the satellite telephone (20), a plurality of communication satellites (30.1-30-n) of the satellite-based communication system (10) at which there is a line of sight to the satellite telephone (20) at a current point in time (t0); c) determining, by the satellite telephone, the signal strengths of the signals received from the communication satellites (30.1-30.n) determined in step b) at the current time (t0); d) selecting, by the satellite telephone (20), one of the communication satellites determined in step b) (30.1-30.n) depending on the signal strengths determined in step c) and on the in step a) provided time- and location-dependent meteorological data, and e) initiating, by the satellite telephone (20), the establishment of a communication connection to the communication satellite (30.3) selected in step d) essentially at the current time (t0).