LAYER-2 CONNECTIVITY FROM SWITCH TO ACCESS NODE/GATEWAY
5 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for providing layer-2 connectivity through a non-routed ground segment network, are described. A system includes a non-autonomous gateway in communication with a satellite configured to relay data packets. The non-autonomous gateway is configured to receive the data packets from the satellite at layer-1 (LI) of the OSI-model, generate a plurality of virtual tagging tuples within the layer-2 packet headers of the plurality of data packets. The non-autonomous gateway is further configured to transmit, at layer-2 (L2) of the OSI-model, the virtually tagged data packets. Each of the packets may include a virtual tagging tuple and an entity destination. The system further includes a L2 switch in communication with the non-autonomous gateway. The L2 switch may be configured to receive the data packets and transmit the data packets to the entity based on the virtual tuples associated with each of the data packets.
-
Citations
21 Claims
-
1. (canceled)
-
2. A method of satellite communication, the method comprising:
-
providing a communication service of an aircraft with a satellite of a multi-beam satellite system via a first spot beam of a plurality of spot beams, wherein the plurality of spot beams are serviced by one or more gateways; obtaining an IP address for a device within the aircraft; communicating, between the aircraft and a gateway of the one or more gateways via the first spot beam, first communications of a communication session of the device using the IP address; transitioning the communication service of the aircraft to a second spot beam of the plurality of spot beams when the aircraft is within an overlap of the first spot beam and the second spot beam, wherein the transitioning comprises changing at least one of the satellite or the gateway that is in communication with the aircraft via the first spot beam, and wherein the second spot beam is serviced by at least one of the one or more gateways having session information for maintaining connectivity of the communication session of the device; and communicating, between the aircraft and the multi-beam satellite system via the second spot beam, second communications of the communication session of the device using the IP address. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
-
Specification