Conserving Resources of a Next Generation Satellite
AssigneeHughes Network Systems, LLC
InventorsChannasandra RAVISHANKAR, James JONG, Gaguk ZAKARIA, Nassir BENAMMAR
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Abstract
A system and method for reducing usage of satellite channelizers including dividing a frequency spectrum into sub-bands; providing a satellite channelizer for each of the sub-bands, where each of the sub-bands may include channels; multiplexing service channels into the channels of one of the sub-bands, where the service channels convey data for a plurality of MSSs. A system and method for obtaining high throughput on a satellite network. A system and method for providing a Fair Access Policy (FAP) in a 4G system.
Claims18
A non-transient computer-readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon, the instructions being executable by one or more processors to perform a method for reducing usage of satellite channelizers, the method comprising:
- dividing a frequency spectrum into sub-bands;
- providing a satellite channelizer for each of the sub-bands, wherein each of the sub-bands comprises channels;
- multiplexing service channels into the channels of one of the sub-bands,
- wherein the service channels convey data for a plurality of Mobile Satellite Services (MSSs).
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon, the instructions being executable by one or more processors to perform a method for obtaining high throughput on a satellite network, the method comprising:
- designating a plurality of satellite channels as an aggregated channel;
- generating, from a MAC/RLC layer, a data stream comprising packets for the aggregated channel;
- splitting the data stream into sub-data streams;
- and
- transmitting each of the sub-data streams via one of the plurality of satellite channels.
A method for providing a Fair Access Policy (FAP) in a 4G system, the method comprising:
- determining, with a usage monitoring control, that a spending limit has been reached for a User Equipment (UE) on a 4G air interface;
- downgrading, for a satellite air interface, an Aggregate Bit Rate (AMBR) for Access Point Names (APNs) associated with the UE;
- calculating a new UE-AMBR and a new Quality Class Identifier (QCI) for the UE based on the AMBRs of the APNs;
- and
- setting the new QCI for satellite bearers associated with the UE on a satellite air interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.