Aggregating multiple wireless communication channels for high data rate transfers

A method of aggregating multiple Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) communication channels, comprising:

• (a) wirelessly receiving a plurality of Internet Protocol (IP) packet fragments over a plurality of concurrently operating CDMA communication channels, each IP packet fragment including a packet fragment identifier (ID), a packet sequence ID associating the IP packet fragment with an IP data packet, and an IP header including an IP address;
• (b) routing each received IP packet fragment to the IP address included in the IP header;
• and
• (c) combining the routed IP packet fragments into the associated IP data packet based on the fragment IDs and the packet sequence IDs.

A method of aggregating multiple Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) communication channels, comprising:

• (a) receiving at least one Internet Protocol (IP) data packet;
• (b) fragmenting the IP data packet into a plurality of packet fragments smaller than the IP data packet;
• (c) adding a fragment identifier (ID) and a packet sequence ID to each packet fragment;
• (d) adding an IP header to each packet fragment, the IP header including an IP address;
• (e) wirelessly transmitting the plurality of packet fragments over a plurality of concurrently operating CDMA communication channels;
• (f) wirelessly receiving the plurality of IP packet fragments;
• (g) routing each received IP packet fragment to the IP address included in the IP header;
• and
• (h) recombining the routed IP packet fragments into the at least one IP data packet based on the fragment IDs and the packet sequence IDs.

A transmit system used for aggregating multiple Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) communication channels, comprising:

• one or more controllers adapted to receive at least one Internet Protocol (IP) data packet, at least one of the one or more controllers having:
• a fragmenter that fragments the IP data packet into a plurality of packet fragments smaller than the IP data packet, and that adds a fragment identifier (ID) and a packet sequence ID to each packet fragment, and
• an IP module that adds an IP header including an IP address to each packet fragment;
• and
• a plurality of wireless modems adapted to wirelessly transmit the plurality of packet fragments over corresponding ones of a plurality of concurrently operating CDMA communication channels.

A receive system for aggregating multiple Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) communication channels, comprising:

• a plurality of wireless modems adapted to wirelessly receive a plurality of Internet Protocol (IP) packet fragments over a plurality of concurrently operating CDMA communication channels, each of the communication channels corresponding to a respective one of the wireless modems, each of the packet fragments including a fragment identifier (ID), a packet sequence ID associating the IP packet fragment with an IP data packet, and an IP header including an IP address;
• and
• one or more controllers, at least one of the one or more controllers having:
• means for routing each received packet fragment to the IP address included in the IP header, and
• a defragmenter that recombines the routed IP packet fragments into the associated IP data packet based on the fragment IDs and the packet sequence IDs.

A system used for aggregating multiple Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) communication channels, comprising:

• a mobile wireless terminal (MWT) including:
• one or more (MWT) controllers adapted to receive at least one Internet Protocol (IP) data packet, at least one of the one or more controllers having:
• a fragmenter that fragments the IP data packet into a plurality of packet fragments smaller than the IP data packet, and that adds a fragment identifier (ID) and a packet sequence ID to each packet fragment, and
• an IP module that adds an IP header to each packet fragment, the IP header including an IP address, and
• a first plurality of wireless modems adapted to wirelessly transmit the plurality of packet fragments over corresponding ones of a plurality of concurrently operating CDMA satellite communication channels;
• a receiving station including a second plurality of wireless modems adapted to receive the packet fragments over the satellite communication channels, the receiving station including means for routing each of the packet fragments over a network based on the packet fragment IP address;
• and
• a ground controller having an IP address corresponding to the packet fragment IP addresses, the ground controller being adapted to receive the packet fragments from the network, the ground controller including a defragmenter to combine the packet fragments into a reconstructed IP data packet based on the fragment IDs and the packet sequence IDs.