Configuration state management system, method and apparatus
First Claim
1. A communication system, comprising:
- a first user station configured to communicate with a second user station using a common equipment in a single housing having a communication capability, a portion of the communication capability of the common equipment being allocated to the first user station, and a performance parameter of the first user station being based on the portion of the communication capability allocated to the first user station; and
a memory that hosts a database configured to store an indication of the portion of the communication capability allocated to the first user station, and a portion changing mechanism configured to change the portion of the communication equipment capability being allocated to the first user station.
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Abstract
A communication system, method, computer program product, and apparatus include common equipment shared between multiple independently administered networks. The common equipment is reconfigurable and expandable and provides changed communication capacity and functions when additional elements are added or reconfigured. Configurable features include, for example, communication bandwidth, Quality of Service, and a number of communication satellites included in the communication system. The common equipment includes expandable elements including, for example, a single hub modem chassis that can expand to communicate with more than one communication satellite and a protocol processor that can share a protocol processing task with another protocol processors.
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29 Claims
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1. A communication system, comprising:
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a first user station configured to communicate with a second user station using a common equipment in a single housing having a communication capability, a portion of the communication capability of the common equipment being allocated to the first user station, and a performance parameter of the first user station being based on the portion of the communication capability allocated to the first user station; and
a memory that hosts a database configured to store an indication of the portion of the communication capability allocated to the first user station, and a portion changing mechanism configured to change the portion of the communication equipment capability being allocated to the first user station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A communication method, comprising steps of:
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communicating between a first user station and a second user station using a common equipment in a single housing having a communication capability;
allocating a portion of the communication capability of the common equipment to the first user station, a performance parameter of the first user station being based on the portion of the communication capability allocated to the first user station;
storing an indication of the portion of the communication capability allocated to the first user station in a database; and
changing the portion of the communication equipment capability being allocated to the first user station. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product storing computer program instructions which when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform the following steps:
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communicating between a first user station and a second user station using a common equipment in a single housing having a communication capability;
allocating a portion of the communication capability of the common equipment to the first user station, a performance parameter of the first user station being based on the portion of the communication capability allocated to the first user station;
storing an indication of the portion of the communication capability allocated to the first user station in a database; and
changing the portion of the communication equipment capability being allocated to the first user station. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A configuration changing device, comprising:
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a portion changing mechanism configured to change a portion of a communication equipment capability being allocated to a first user station; and
a memory that hosts a database configured to store an indication of the portion of the communication capability allocated to the first user station, wherein the first user station is configured to communicate with a second user station using a common equipment in a single housing having the communication capability, and a performance parameter of the first user station is based on the portion of the communication capability allocated to the first user station. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A communication system, comprising:
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means for communicating between a first user station and a second user station using a common equipment in a single housing having a communication capability;
means for allocating a portion of the communication capability of the common equipment to the first user station, a performance parameter of the first user station being based on the portion of the communication capability allocated to the first user station;
means for storing an indication of the portion of the communication capability allocated to the first user station in a database; and
means for changing the portion of the communication equipment capability being allocated to the first user station.
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