System and method for spectral bandwidth reallocation based on load detection and/or prediction in a data communication network

A data processing system for reallocating inroute channels of a receiver of a data communication system, the receiver being configured to receive communication signals of the data communication system on the inroute channels, the data processing system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory in communication with the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions that, when executed by the processor alone or in combination with other processors, cause the data processing system to perform functions of:
• detecting an offered load of the communications signals on the inroute channels of the receiver;
• reallocating Scrambled Code Multiple Access/Asynchronous Scrambled Code Multiple Access (SCMA/ASCMA) channels of the inroute channels to Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) channels of the inroute channels upon detecting that the offered load is less than a predetermined threshold;
• and
• reallocating TDMA channels of the inroute channels to SCMA/ASCMA channels of the inroute channels upon detecting that the offered load is greater than the predetermined threshold.