Out of band demand assigned multiple access
AssigneeHughes Network Systems, LLC
InventorsMustafa Rangwala, Raghunandan Janardhan
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Abstract
A system and method for granting demand access to a data network from an Out of band (OOB) network, the method including: locking to an OOB inroute illuminating an OOB coverage area of the OOB network; transmitting an OOB request including a Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) request for the data network to an OOB Network Management System (NMS) via the OOB inroute; sending, from the OOB NMS, the DAMA request to a data NMS of the data network; and fulfilling the DAMA request.
Claims20
A method for granting demand access to a data network from an Out of band (OOB) network, the method comprising:
- locking to an OOB inroute illuminating an OOB coverage area of the OOB network;
- transmitting an OOB request comprising a Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) request for the data network to an OOB Network Management System (NMS) via the OOB inroute;
- sending, from the OOB NMS, the DAMA request to a data NMS of the data network;
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- fulfilling the DAMA request.
A system to grant demand access to a data network from an Out of band (OOB) network, the system comprising:
- an OOB modem to lock to an OOB inroute illuminating an OOB coverage area of the OOB network;
- an DAMA module to transmit an OOB request comprising a Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) request for the data network to an OOB Network Management System (NMS) via the OOB inroute;
- an OOB NMS to send the DAMA request to a data NMS of the data network;
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- a data NMS to fulfill the DAMA request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.