US 2017/0353232 A1 · Protection of Commercial Communications

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for a protected communications architecture in which a pool of limited availability channels are shared through the transmission of encoded symbols with time-varying path diversity by a pool of users. The communications architecture can be managed by a network controller that stores availability data describing the availability of multiple-access satellite communications channels. The network controller allocates a first user to a first time-varying subset of the plurality of multiple-access satellite or terrestrial communications channels based on the availability data. The network controller updates the availability data based on the allocation of the first user. The network controller allocates a second user to a second time-varying subset of the plurality of multiple-access satellite or terrestrial communications channels based on the updated availability data. This process is repeated until all users are allocated bandwidth based on their priority, demand, and the overall bandwidth available within the pool.

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Dependent claims

A multi-path communication apparatus for multiplexing data among a plurality of communication channels the apparatus comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit data over the air via the plurality of communications channels;
and
a network controller communicatively coupled with the transmitter, the network controller configured to:
receive, from the transmitter, a service request indicating a message to be transmitted, the message including a plurality of pieces of data that each make up a portion of the message;
allocate, from the plurality of communication channels, a subset of the plurality of communication channels to the transmitter for transmitting the message;
and
assign, for transmission by the transmitter, each of the plurality of pieces of data to a communication channel of the subset such that each communication channel of the subset is assigned to one or more of the plurality of pieces of data.

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A method for multiplexing data among a plurality of communication channels, the method comprising:

a network controller communicatively coupled with the transmitter, the network controller configured to:
receiving, from a transmitter configured to transmit data over the air via the plurality of communications channels, a service request indicating a message to be transmitted, the message including a plurality of pieces of data that each make up a portion of the message;
allocating, using a network controller communicatively coupled with the transmitter, a subset of the plurality of communication channels to the transmitter for transmitting the message;
and
assigning, for transmission by the transmitter, each of the plurality of pieces of data to a communication channel of the subset such that each communication channel of the subset is assigned to one or more of the plurality of pieces of data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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