On-demand uplink bandwidth allocation

A terminal comprising;

• one or more processors and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to cause the terminal to perform operations comprising:
• transmitting, over a satellite connection, a request for streaming media to a connected client device;
• obtaining, over the satellite connection, a classification for a flow of packets related to the streaming media, wherein the classification indicates a type of the streaming media;
• based on the classification for the flow of packets, requesting, over the satellite connection, a reservation of periodic uplink bandwidth for the connected client device, wherein the requested reservation is for uplink bandwidth to be repeatedly allocated over a series of future communication frames to carry future requests from the connected client device for the streaming media while the connected client device continues to receive or play the streaming media;
• receiving allocations of uplink bandwidth on the satellite connection for the streaming media created based on the requested reservation over the series of future communication frames;
• and
• using the uplink bandwidth that was allocated based on the reservation to transmit, over the satellite connection, a request for subsequent data of the streaming media to provide to the connected client device.

One or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by one or more processors, to cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• transmitting, over a satellite connection, a request for streaming media to a connected client device;
• obtaining, over the satellite connection, a classification for a flow of packets related to the streaming media, wherein the classification indicates a type of the streaming media;
• based on the classification for the flow of packets, requesting, over the satellite connection, a reservation of periodic uplink bandwidth for the connected client device, wherein the requested reservation is for uplink bandwidth to be repeatedly allocated over a series of future communication frames to carry future requests from the connected client device for the streaming media while the connected client device continues to receive or play the streaming media;
• receiving allocations of uplink bandwidth on the satellite connection for the streaming media created based on the requested reservation over the series of future communication frames;
• and
• using the uplink bandwidth that was allocated based on the reservation to transmit, over the satellite connection, a request for subsequent data of the streaming media to provide to the connected client device.