Television distribution system using multiple links
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1. A television broadcasting system comprising:
- a communication infrastructure;
a gateway station communicating a television signal to said communication infrastructure;
a user terminal establishing a plurality of multiple dynamic links corresponding respectively said communication infrastructure;
said gateway station generating a plurality of datagrams from said television signal and transmitting the multiple datagrams through said multiple dynamic links; and
said user terminal receiving the plurality of datagrams from said infrastructure reassembling the datagrams into the television signal.
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A television broadcasting system comprises a communication infrastructure and a gateway station communication a television signal to the communication infrastructure. A user terminal establishes a plurality of multiple dynamic links corresponding respectively to the communication infrastructure. The gateway station generates a plurality of datagrams from the television signal and transmits the multiple datagrams through the multiple dynamic links. The user terminal receives the plurality of datagrams from the infrastructure and reassembles the datagrams into the television signal.
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22 Claims
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1. A television broadcasting system comprising:
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a communication infrastructure;
a gateway station communicating a television signal to said communication infrastructure;
a user terminal establishing a plurality of multiple dynamic links corresponding respectively said communication infrastructure;
said gateway station generating a plurality of datagrams from said television signal and transmitting the multiple datagrams through said multiple dynamic links; and
said user terminal receiving the plurality of datagrams from said infrastructure reassembling the datagrams into the television signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19)
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14. A television broadcast system comprising:
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a first television feed system generating a first television signal;
a first gateway station coupled to said first feed system forming a first plurality of datagrams from the first television signal;
a communication infrastructure having a first infrastructure portion and a second infrastructure portion;
a first communication infrastructure portion receiving communications from said first communications device;
a second television feed system generating a second television signal;
a second gateway station coupled to said second feed system forming a second plurality of datagrams from the second television signal;
said second communication infrastructure portion receiving communications from said second gateway station; and
a user terminal receiving said first plurality of datagrams and said second plurality of datagrams.
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18. A method of operating a television broadcasting system comprising:
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forming a digital television signal;
dividing the television signal into a plurality of datagrams;
routing the plurality of datagrams through a plurality of communication links of a communication infrastructure; and
reassembling the datagrams into the television signal at a user terminal.
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20. A television broadcasting system comprising:
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a communication infrastructure including at least two devices from a group including a cell tower, a first satellite constellation, a second satellite constellation and a stratospheric platform;
a gateway station communicating a television signal to said communication infrastructure;
a user terminal establishing a plurality of multiple dynamic links corresponding respectively said at least two devices from the group;
said gateway station generating multiple datagrams from said television signal and transmitting the multiple datagrams through said multiple dynamic links through said at least two devices from said group; and
said user terminal receiving the datagrams from said at least two devices from said group and reassembling the communication portions into the communication.
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21. A method of operating a television broadcasting system comprising:
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forming a first digital television signal from a national feed;
directing the first television signal to a first communication infrastructure portion;
directing the first television signal to a user terminal from the first communication infrastructure;
forming a second digital television signal from a local feed;
directing the second television signal to a second communication infrastructure portion different from the first communication infrastructure portion;
directing the first television signal to a user terminal from the first communication infrastructure; and
receiving the first television signal and the second television signal at a user device. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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