Adaptive satellite channelizer

An apparatus comprising

• a plurality of input ports, an individual input port including M sampling circuits configured to sample M subchannels;
• a plurality of output ports;
• and
• a plurality of switching blocks, an individual switching block consisting of a plurality of switching stages disposed between the plurality of input ports and the plurality of output ports, each switching stage configured to apply a switching configuration per clock cycle to route sampled data from the plurality of input ports to the plurality of output ports, the switching configuration repeated for a number of clock cycles R.

A satellite communication system, comprising:

• a gateway;
• a plurality of subscriber terminals;
• a satellite configured to communicate with the gateway and the plurality of subscriber terminals, the satellite comprising:
• a plurality of RF antennas configured for RF communication with the gateway and the plurality of subscriber terminals;
• an adaptive channelizer having a plurality of input ports connected to a first subset of the plurality of RF antennas, and a plurality of output ports connected to a second subset of the plurality of RF antennas, an individual input port configured to receive M subchannels, the adaptive channelizer configured to route R subchannels from the individual input port together to an output port, where R is a configurable integer that is greater than or equal to 1 and is less than or equal to M.