Variable length DVB-S2X SuperFrame for satellite beam hopping system

A system to time division multiplex (TDM) a signal for a beam hopping relay comprising:

• a signal generator to generate the signal by interleaving first multi-Variable Length SuperFrames (VLSFs) with second multi-VLSFs;
• a transmitter to transmit the signal to the beam hopping relay;
• and
• a beam hopping relay to deinterleave the signal to obtain the first multi-VLSFs for a first beam and the second multi-VLSFs for a second beam,
• wherein a carrier symbol rate of a first carrier used for the first multi-VLSFs is different than a carrier symbol rate of a second carrier used for the first multi-VLSF,
• wherein the first multi-VLSFs comprise at least one first VLSF,
• the second multi-VLSFs comprise at least one second VLSF,
• each VLSF of the first multi-VLSFs has a duration of a first dwell period,
• each VLSF of the second multi-VLSFs has a duration of a second dwell period,
• each of the at least one first VLSF and each of the at least one second VLSFs comprises at least one SuperFrame Unit (SFU),
• an SFU count of each of the at least one first VLSF is integral and greater than zero,
• an SFU count of the at least one second VLSF is integral and greater than zero,
• each of the at least one first VLSF has a first duration comprising multiple symbols,
• each of the at least one second VLSF has a second duration comprising multiple symbols,
• the first dwell period is an integral multiple of the first duration,
• the second dwell period is an integral multiple of the second duration, and
• the first duration is different than the second duration.