Method and System for Monitoring and Switching Between Primary and Back-up Uplink Signal Processing Circuits in a Satellite Communication System
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1. A method comprising:
- generating plurality of channel signals;
communicating the plurality of channel signals through an IP network to a first uplink signal processing signal to form a first output signal;
monitoring the first uplink signal processing circuit and generating a monitoring signal; and
redirecting the channel signals to a second uplink signal processing circuit to form a second plurality of output signal signals.
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Abstract
A system and method includes a first uplink signal processing circuit, a second uplink signal processing circuit and an IP network communicating the plurality of channel signals to the first uplink signal processing circuit to form a first output signal. A monitoring system monitors the first uplink signal processing circuit and generates a monitoring signal. The monitoring system redirects the channel signals to the second uplink signal processing circuit to form a second plurality of output signal signals.
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25 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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generating plurality of channel signals; communicating the plurality of channel signals through an IP network to a first uplink signal processing signal to form a first output signal; monitoring the first uplink signal processing circuit and generating a monitoring signal; and redirecting the channel signals to a second uplink signal processing circuit to form a second plurality of output signal signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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at a first uplink signal processing circuit, generating a first primary multiplexer signal at a first primary multiplexer from a plurality of channel signals; generating a first primary transport processor signal at a first primary transport processor from the first primary multiplexer signal; generating a first primary modulator signal at a first primary modulator from the first primary transport processor signal; generating a first secondary multiplexer signal at a first secondary multiplexer; generating a first secondary transport processor signal at a first secondary transport processor from the first secondary multiplexer signal; generating a first secondary modulator signal at a first secondary modulator from the first secondary transport processor signal; and coupling the first primary modulator signal and the first secondary modulator signal to a first switch to form a first output signal; monitoring at least one of the first primary multiplexer, the first primary transport processor, the first primary modulator, the first switch, the first secondary multiplexer, the first secondary transport processor, the first secondary modulator and the first switch to form a monitoring signal; communicating the plurality of channel signals to a second uplink signal processing circuit in response to the monitoring signal; at the second uplink signal processing circuit, generating a second primary multiplexer signal at a second primary multiplexer from the plurality of channel signals; generating a second primary transport processor signal at a second primary transport processor from the second primary multiplexer signal; generating a second primary modulator signal at a second primary modulator from the second primary transport processor signal; generating a second secondary multiplexer signal at a second secondary multiplexer; generating a second secondary transport processor signal at a second secondary transport processor from the second secondary multiplexer signal; generating a second secondary modulator signal at a second secondary modulator from the secondary transport processor signal; coupling the second primary modulator signal and the second secondary modulator signal to a second switch; and forming a second output signal at the second switch in response to communicating the plurality of signals to a second uplink signal processing circuit. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A system comprising:
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a first uplink signal processing circuit; a second uplink signal processing circuit; an IP network communicating the plurality of channel signals to the first uplink signal processing circuit to form a first output signal; a monitoring system monitoring the first uplink signal processing circuit and generating a monitoring signal, said monitoring system redirecting the channel signals to the second uplink signal processing circuit to form a second plurality of output signal signals. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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