Loading patent…
AssigneeAlcatel
InventorsStephane Combes, Tarif Zein Al-Abedeen, Jean-Didier Gayrard
Estimating the term…
A resource manager for a satellite telecommunication system including user terminals sending data to spots via a satellite, all data streams from a given terminal to the same given destination spot constituting a virtual path comprising a set of uplinks from the terminal to the satellite and a set of downlinks from the satellite to the spot, includes a central entity associated with each satellite for receiving requests sent by the user terminals and each expressing a requirement to use resources of the satellite corresponding to the virtual path. The central entity groups the requests into request groups each associated with a set of uplinks from the same spot to the destination spot, the set of uplinks constituting a virtual link, and determines authorized resources for each request group.
A resource manager for a satellite telecommunication system including user terminals sending data to spots via a satellite, all data streams from a given terminal to the same given destination spot constituting a virtual path comprising a set of uplinks from said terminal to said satellite and a set of downlinks from said satellite to said spot, said manager including a central entity associated with each satellite and including means for receiving requests sent by said user terminals and each expressing a requirement to use resources of the satellite corresponding to said virtual path, in which resource manager said central entity includes:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.