Hub enabled single hop transport forward access
AssigneeLockheed Martin Corporation
InventorsRussell K. Johnson, James Alan Ivey, Aniruddha R. Karmarkar
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Abstract
A satellite system is configured to receive and allow direct forwarding of traffic on a time slot by time slot basis without demodulation or decoding. The satellite system may be configured to receive waveforms and configured to separate a waveform of data from a waveform of control information. The satellite system may be configured to switch the waveform of data toward one or more terminals and configured to switch the waveform of control information toward a satellite control unit without demodulation or decoding of the waveforms. A method for satellite communication is also provided.
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A satellite system configured to receive and allow direct forwarding of traffic, via a satellite, on a time slot by time slot basis without demodulation or decoding, the satellite configured to receive waveforms, to store, temporarily in one or more uplink memories of a waveform store and forward (WASF) module of the satellite, the received waveforms, to separate, with the WSAF module of the satellite, a waveform of data and a waveform of control information from within the stored waveforms based on uplink channel time slots, to switch, with the WSAF module of the satellite, the waveform of data to one or more downlink memories of the WSAF module on a time slot by time slot basis and toward one or more terminals and to switch the waveform of control information toward a satellite control unit on a time slot by time slot basis without demodulation or decoding of the waveforms.
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