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BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION ACROSS BEAMS IN A MULTI-BEAM SYSTEM

  • US 20100118764A1
  • Filed: 11/10/2009
  • Published: 05/13/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for allocating bandwidth resources in a multi-beam satellite communications network having a plurality of terminals in each of a plurality of beams, the bandwidth resources defined in resource units, the method comprising:

  • receiving a resource request from each of at least a subset of the plurality of terminals in each beam of the plurality of beams, the resource requests identifying an amount of requested resource units for the requesting terminal;

    generating per-beam resource request data associated with a defined time duration based at least in part on the received resource requests;

    identifying an amount of allocatable resource units for the defined time duration for the multi-beam satellite communications network; and

    dynamically allocating, responsive to the per-beam resource request data, a subset of the amount of allocatable resource units to each of the plurality of beams to generate a per-beam resource unit allocation for the defined time duration.

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