Non-standard alternate protocol based satellite communications
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1. A capability gateway, comprising:
- a receiver to receive, from a ground station associated with a satellite system, a standard protocol associated with the ground station and a non-standard alternate protocol that includes alternate service layers inserted into an inter-layer boundary of standard radio layers, the non-standard alternate protocol being inserted into the inter-layer boundary above a Radio Resources (RR) protocol layer of the standard radio layers and the alternate service layers providing end-to-end signaling and data transport between the capability gateway and a user equipment, the standard protocol being a protocol that is standardized by a standard workgroup; and
a transmitter to transmit the non-standard alternate protocol to the user equipment.
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Abstract
One example includes a capability gateway that is comprised of a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver receives, from a ground station associated with a satellite system, a standard protocol associated with the ground station and a non-standard alternate protocol that includes alternate service layers inserted into an inter-layer boundary of standard radio layers, the alternate service layers providing end-to-end signaling between the capability gateway and a user equipment. The transmitter transmits the non-standard alternate protocol to the user equipment.
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20 Claims
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1. A capability gateway, comprising:
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a receiver to receive, from a ground station associated with a satellite system, a standard protocol associated with the ground station and a non-standard alternate protocol that includes alternate service layers inserted into an inter-layer boundary of standard radio layers, the non-standard alternate protocol being inserted into the inter-layer boundary above a Radio Resources (RR) protocol layer of the standard radio layers and the alternate service layers providing end-to-end signaling and data transport between the capability gateway and a user equipment, the standard protocol being a protocol that is standardized by a standard workgroup; and a transmitter to transmit the non-standard alternate protocol to the user equipment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A capability gateway, comprising:
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a receiver to receive, from a ground station associated with a satellite system, a standard protocol associated with the ground station and a non-standard alternate protocol that includes alternate service layers inserted into an inter-layer boundary of standard radio layers, the alternate service layers providing end-to-end signaling and data transport between the capability gateway and a user equipment, the standard protocol being a protocol that is standardized by a standard workgroup; and a transmitter to transmit the non-standard alternate protocol to the user equipment; wherein the receiver further receives a second non-standard alternate protocol providing end-to-end signaling and data transport between the user equipment and an application server and the transmitter further transmits the second non-standard alternate protocol to the application server; and wherein the receiver further receives, from the user equipment and in a single combined service request, a non-standard L3 MSG message that performs a service request, authentication, and channel pre-setup.
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11. A communication method, comprising:
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receiving, at a capability gateway from a ground station associated with a satellite system, a standard protocol associated with the ground station and a non-standard alternate protocol that includes alternate service layers inserted into an inter-layer boundary of standard radio layers, the non-standard alternate protocol being inserted into the inter-layer boundary above a Radio Resources (RR) protocol layer of the standard radio layers and the alternate service layers providing end-to-end signaling between the capability gateway and a user equipment, the standard protocol being a protocol that is standardized by a standard workgroup; and transmitting the non-standard alternate protocol to the user equipment. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A communication method, comprising:
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receiving, at a capability gateway from a ground station associated with a satellite system, a standard protocol associated with the ground station and a non-standard alternate protocol that includes alternate service layers inserted into an inter-layer boundary of standard radio layers, the non-standard alternate protocol being inserted into the inter-layer boundary above a Radio Resources (RR) protocol layer of the standard radio layers and the alternate service layers providing end-to-end signaling between the capability gateway and a user equipment, the standard protocol being a protocol that is standardized by a standard workgroup; and transmitting the non-standard alternate protocol to the user equipment; wherein the non-standard alternate protocol is a first non-standard alternate protocol, wherein the satellite communication method further comprises; receiving a second non-standard alternate protocol providing end-to-end signaling between the user equipment and an application server; transmitting the second non-standard alternate protocol to the application server; and receiving, from the user equipment and in a single combined service request, a non-standard L3 MSG message that performs a service request, authentication, and channel pre-setup.
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18. A capability gateway, comprising:
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a receiver to receive, from a ground station associated with a satellite system, a standard protocol associated with the ground station and first and second non-standard alternate protocols that includes alternate service layers inserted into an inter-layer boundary of standard radio layers, the first and second non-standard alternate protocols being inserted into the inter-layer boundary above a Radio Resources (RR) protocol layer of the standard radio layers and the alternate service layers providing end-to-end signaling between the capability gateway and a user equipment and end-to-end signaling between an application server and the user equipment; a transmitter to transmit the first and second non-standard alternate protocols to the user equipment and to transmit the second non-standard alternate protocol to the application server; and an inline bridge to receive the standard protocol associated with the ground station and transmit the standard protocol associated with the ground station to a mobile switching center via a GSM A-Interface. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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