Innovative Combinational Closed-Loop and Open-Loop Satellite User Terminal Power Control System

A method for coding an average metric value of a plurality of input signal frames, comprising:

• receiving a plurality of input signal frames;
• decoding the plurality of input signal frames;
• calculating a plurality of metrics using the plurality of input signal frames;
• calculating an average metric of the plurality of metrics;
• coding the average metric;
• and
• sending the average metric using a plurality of output signal frames.

A method for coding an average metric value of a plurality of input signal frames, comprising:

• receiving a plurality of input signal frames;
• decoding the plurality of input signal frames;
• calculating a plurality of metrics using the plurality of input signal frames;
• calculating an average metric of the plurality of metrics;
• selecting a sequence of bits comprising a plurality of synchronization bits and a set of information bits;
• assigning ones to the plurality of synchronization bits;
• populating the set of information bits in accordance with the average metric;
• and
• sending the sequence of bits using a plurality of output signal frame.

A computer readable medium embodying program code with instructions for coding an average metric value of a plurality of input signal frames, said computer readable medium comprising:

• program code for receiving a plurality of input signal frames;
• program code for decoding the plurality of input signal frames;
• program code for calculating a plurality of metrics using the plurality of input signal frames;
• program code for calculating an average metric of the plurality of metrics;
• program code for selecting a sequence of bits comprising a plurality of synchronization bits and a set of information bits;
• program code for populating the sequence of bits, the set of information bits corresponding to the average metric;
• and
• program code for sending the sequence of bits using a plurality of output signal frames.