# US 2018/0323864 A1 · Method And System For A Mesh Network Based On Availability of Satellite Reception Assemblies > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0323864 A1 - Document ID: US20180323864A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/037,800 - Filed: 2018-07-17 - Published: 2018-11-08 - Earliest claimed: 2012-02-06 - Assignees: MaxLinear, Inc. - Applicants: Maxlinear, Inc. - Inventors: Curtis Ling; Timothy Gallagher; Glenn Chang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180323864A1 ## CPC - H04B 7/18515: {Transmission equipment in satellites or space-based relays} - G01S 19/42: Determining position - H04B 7/185: Space-based or airborne stations; {Stations for satellite systems}(H04B7/204 takes precedence) - H04B 7/18517: {Transmission equipment in earth stations} - H04B 7/18523: {Satellite systems for providing broadcast service to terrestrial stations, i.e. broadcast satellite service (arrangements specially adapted for satellite broadcast receiving H04H40/90; picture transmission via satellite H04N1/00103; television transmission via satellite H04N7/20)} - H04B 7/18526: {Arrangements for data linking, networking or transporting, or for controlling an end to end session (data switching networks H04L12/00)} - H04H 20/08: among terminal devices - H04H 40/90: specially adapted for satellite broadcast receiving - H04J 4/00: Combined time-division and frequency-division multiplex systems (H04J13/00 takes precedence {; data transmission H04L5/26; telemetry G08C15/00}) - H04L 45/74: Address processing for routing - H04L 61/5007: Internet protocol [IP] addresses - H04L 65/611: for multicast or broadcast (systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06) - H04N 21/4126: {The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones} - H04N 21/4343: {Extraction or processing of packetized elementary streams [PES]} - H04N 21/43637: {involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth®, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] (arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114)} - H04N 21/4382: {Demodulation or channel decoding, e.g. QPSK demodulation (analog front ends or means for connecting modulators, demodulators or transceivers to a transmission line H04L27/0002)} - H04N 21/4405: involving video stream decryption - H04N 21/4408: involving video stream encryption, e.g. re-encrypting a decrypted video stream for redistribution in a home network - H04N 21/441: Acquiring end-user identification {, e.g. using personal code sent by the remote control or by inserting a card} - H04N 21/4524: {involving the geographical location of the client (retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00)} - H04N 21/4627: Rights management {associated to the content (security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08)} - H04N 21/61: Network physical structure; Signal processing (H04B takes precedence) - H04N 21/6143: {involving transmission via a satellite} - H04N 21/6193: {involving transmission via a satellite (arrangements for data linking, networking or transporting, or for controlling an end to end session in a satellite broadcast system H04B7/18526)} - H04N 21/64322: {IP} - H04W 4/023: {using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds} - H04W 76/20: Manipulation of established connections - H04W 84/042: {Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems} - H04W 84/10: Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks - H04W 88/08: Access point devices - H04W 88/16: Gateway arrangements - H04H 60/21: Billing for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information - H04H 60/23: using cryptography, e.g. encryption, authentication, key distribution - H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] - H04B: TRANSMISSION - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - H04H: BROADCAST COMMUNICATION (multiplex communication H04J; pictorial communication aspects of broadcast systems H04N) - H04J: MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION (transmission in general H04B; peculiar to transmission of digital information H04L5/00; systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal H04N7/08; in exchanges H04Q11/00; stereophonic systems H04S) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A satellite reception assembly that provides satellite television and/or radio service to a customer premises may comprise a wireless interface via which it can communicate with other satellite reception assemblies. Wireless connections between satellite reception assemblies may be utilized for providing satellite content between different satellite customer premises. Wireless connections between satellite reception assemblies may be utilized for offloading traffic from other network connections. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system comprising: a first satellite reception assembly and a second satellite reception assembly, wherein said first satellite reception assembly and said second satellite reception assembly are configured such that a satellite signal received via a satellite broadcast receiver of said first satellite reception assembly can be delivered to said second satellite reception assembly via a wireless connection when said first satellite reception assembly has resources available for reception of said satellite signal to be delivered to said second satellite reception assembly. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein delivery of said satellite signal over said wireless connection is triggered in response to degradation of received signal strength by said satellite broadcast receiver of said second satellite reception assembly. ### Claim 3 A system comprising: a first satellite reception assembly and a second satellite reception assembly, wherein said first satellite reception assembly and said second satellite reception assembly are configured such that a satellite signal received via a satellite broadcast receiver of said first satellite reception assembly can be delivered to said second satellite reception assembly via a wireless connection if said second satellite reception assembly has a spare low noise block downconverter (LNB) path for reception of said satellite signal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein delivery of said satellite signal over said wireless connection is triggered in response to a request by a client device for satellite content not carried in a satellite signal received via said satellite broadcast receiver of said second satellite reception assembly. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein said first satellite reception assembly and said second satellite reception assembly are configured such that data received from a client device via an interface of said first satellite reception assembly can be delivered to said second satellite reception assembly via said wireless connection. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein delivery of said data over said wireless connection is triggered in response to congestion of a broadband connection that serves said client device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein delivery of said data over said wireless connection is triggered in response to a determination of resources available in said first satellite reception assembly. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein delivery of said data over said wireless connection is triggered in response to a determination of resources available in said second satellite reception assembly. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein delivery of said satellite signal over said direct wireless connection is triggered in response to a request by a second client device for satellite content not carried in a satellite signal received by said second satellite reception assembly. ### Claim 10 A system comprising: a first satellite reception assembly and a second satellite reception assembly, wherein said first satellite reception assembly and said second satellite reception assembly are configured such that data received from a client device via an interface of said first satellite reception assembly can be delivered to said second satellite reception assembly via said wireless connection in response to failure of a network connection that serves said client device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein delivery of said data over said wireless connection is triggered in response to a determination of resources available in said first satellite reception assembly. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein delivery of said data over said wireless connection is triggered in response to a determination of resources available in said second satellite reception assembly. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein said first satellite reception assembly and said second satellite reception assembly are configured such that satellite television content received via a satellite broadcast receiver of said first satellite reception assembly can be delivered to said second satellite reception assembly via said wireless connection. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein delivery of said satellite television content over said wireless connection is triggered in response to degradation of received signal strength by said satellite broadcast receiver of said second satellite reception assembly. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein delivery of said satellite television content over said wireless connection is triggered in response to a determination of resources available in said first satellite reception assembly. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein delivery of said satellite television content over said wireless connection is triggered in response to a determination of resources available in said second satellite reception assembly. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein delivery of said satellite television content over said wireless connection is triggered in response to a request by a second client device for satellite content not carried in a satellite signal received by said second satellite reception assembly.