RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN MESH SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
First Claim
1. A mesh-connected communication network comprising a plurality of terminals connected together in a net, and a limited quantity of communication resources for allocation between said terminals, each terminal comprising a respective controller, the network providing operation in a plurality of resource allocation phases wherein said respective controllers are operated such that:
- in a first, request, phase, a plurality of requesting terminals in said network are configured to calculate their requirements for resources;
in a second, distribution, phase, said requesting terminals distribute their requirements as respective requests such that all requests are distributed around said mesh; and
in a third, calculation, phase, each requesting terminal independently calculates an allocation of resources based on all of said requests available to said respective requesting terminal, thereby allowing each requesting terminal to determine allocated resources on said network, and thus providing distributed resource allocation over said network.
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Abstract
A method of allocating resources in a mesh-connected communication network comprising a plurality of terminals, and a limited quantity of communication resources for allocation between said terminals, comprises: a request phase in which a plurality of terminals calculate their requirements for resources and issue the same as requests; a distribution phase in which the requests are distributed to all other requesting terminals over the mesh; and a calculation phase in which each requesting terminal uses all available requests and calculates resource allocation over the mesh. Thus each requesting terminal determines the resource allocation.
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22 Claims
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1. A mesh-connected communication network comprising a plurality of terminals connected together in a net, and a limited quantity of communication resources for allocation between said terminals, each terminal comprising a respective controller, the network providing operation in a plurality of resource allocation phases wherein said respective controllers are operated such that:
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in a first, request, phase, a plurality of requesting terminals in said network are configured to calculate their requirements for resources; in a second, distribution, phase, said requesting terminals distribute their requirements as respective requests such that all requests are distributed around said mesh; and in a third, calculation, phase, each requesting terminal independently calculates an allocation of resources based on all of said requests available to said respective requesting terminal, thereby allowing each requesting terminal to determine allocated resources on said network, and thus providing distributed resource allocation over said network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of allocating resources in a mesh-connected communication network comprising a plurality of terminals, and a limited quantity of communication resources for allocation between said terminals, the method comprising:
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a request phase in which a plurality of terminals calculate their requirements for resources and issue said requirements as requests over said mesh; a distribution phase in which said requests are distributed to all requesting terminals over said mesh; a calculation phase in which each requesting terminal uses all available requests and calculates resource allocation over said mesh, thereby allowing each requesting terminal to determine an own allocation of resources. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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