Circuit control apparatus for satellite communication system

• US 5,737,686 A
• Filed: 06/14/1996
• Issued: 04/07/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Fukui, Satoru
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): TO, DORIS HA
• Application Number:
  US08/663,901
• Time in Patent Office: 662 Days
• Field of Search: 455/12.1, 455/13.1, 455/11.1, 455/34.1, 455/34.2, 455/33.1, 455/53.1, 455/54.1, 455/54.2, 455/56.1, 455/67.1, 455/62, 455/69, 455/70, 370/310, 370/312, 370/315, 370/316, 370/329
• US Class Current: 455/12.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2123 Variable assignment, e.g. demand assignment

Abstract

A satellite communication system has a plurality of transmitting stations, a plurality of receiving stations, and a system control station in a 1 to N system configuration to which the demand-assignment principles are applied for effective utilization of frequencies. A transmission request transmitting units transmits a transmission request to the system control station. A circuit assigning unit assigns a circuit in response to the transmission request. A main information transmitting unit transmits main information to a number of indefinite receiving stations through a circuit which has been assigned. A list-of-transmitting-stations transmitting unit transmits a list of transmitting stations to which circuits have been assigned to each of the receiving stations. Based on the list of transmitting stations, a reception request transmitting unit selects a certain transmitting station from the list of transmitting stations and transmits a reception request with respect to the selected transmitting station to the system control station. A circuit indicating unit indicates a circuit of the selected transmitting station to the receiving station from which the reception request has been transmitted, in response to the reception request. A main information receiving unit receives the main information from the main information transmitting unit of the corresponding transmitting station through the circuit which has been indicated.

Claims

1. An apparatus for controlling circuits of a satellite communication system having a plurality of transmitting stations, a plurality of receiving stations, and a system control station, comprising:

transmission request transmitting means disposed in each of the transmitting stations, for transmitting a transmission request;

circuit assigning means disposed in the system control station, for assigning a circuit in response to the transmission request from said transmission request transmitting means;

main information transmitting means disposed in each of the transmitting stations, for transmitting main information to each of said receiving stations through a circuit which has been assigned to a transmitting station of its own by said circuit assigning means;

list-of-transmitting-stations transmitting means disposed in the system control station, for transmitting a list of transmitting stations to which circuits have been assigned to each of the receiving stations;

reception request transmitting means disposed in each of the receiving stations, for selecting a certain transmitting station from the list of transmitting stations transmitted from said list-of-transmitting-stations transmitting means and transmitting a reception request with respect to the selected transmitting station to the system control station;

circuit indicating means disposed in the system control station, for indicating a circuit of the selected transmitting station to a receiving station from which a reception request has been transmitted, in response to the reception request from said reception request transmitting means; and

main information receiving means disposed in each of the receiving stations, for receiving the main information from said main information transmitting means through the circuit which has been indicated from said circuit indicating means to the receiving station of its own.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said transmission request transmitting means comprises means for transmitting a transmission request including an identification code of the transmitting station of its own.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said reception request transmitting means comprises means for transmitting a reception request including an identification code of the receiving station of its own and an identification code of the selected transmitting station.

4. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

number-of-receiving-stations indicating means disposed in a system control station, for determining the number of receiving stations per transmitting station based on the reception request from said reception request transmitting means, and indicating the number of receiving stations to each of the receiving stations.

5. An apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

display means disposed in each of the receiving stations, for displaying the number of receiving stations indicated from said number-of-receiving-stations indicating means.

6. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

number-of-receiving-stations indicating means disposed in a system control station, for determining the number of receiving stations per transmitting station based on the reception request from said reception request transmitting means, and indicating the number of receiving stations to each of the transmitting stations.

7. An apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising:

display means disposed in each of the transmitting stations, for displaying the number of receiving stations indicated from said number-of-receiving-stations indicating means.

8. An apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising:

number-of-receiving-stations multiplexing means disposed in each of the transmitting stations, for transmitting the number of receiving stations indicated from said number-of-receiving-stations indicating means, as multiplexed with the main information transmitted from said main information transmitting means of the transmitting station of its own.

9. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

display means disposed in each of the receiving stations, for displaying the list of transmitting stations transmitted from said list-of-transmitting-stations transmitting means.

10. An apparatus for controlling circuits of a satellite communication system having a 1 to N system configuration including transmitting stations, receiving stations, and a system control station connected to the transmitting and receiving stations, comprising:

transmission request transmitting means disposed in each of the transmitting stations, for transmitting a transmission request;

circuit assigning means disposed in the system control station, for assigning a circuit in response to the transmission request from said transmission request transmitting means;

main information transmitting means disposed in each of the transmitting stations, for transmitting main information to a number of indefinite receiving stations through a circuit which has been assigned to a transmitting station of its own by said circuit assigning means;

list-of-circuits transmitting means disposed in the system control station, for transmitting a list of circuits which have been assigned to the transmitting stations to each of the receiving stations; and

main information receiving means disposed in each of the receiving stations, for selecting a circuit of a certain transmitting station based on the list of circuits transmitted from said list-of-circuits transmitting means, and receiving the main information transmitted from the transmitting station through the selected circuit.