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Device for managing resources for a satellite telecommunication system

  • US 7,142,522 B2
  • Filed: 07/12/2001
  • Issued: 11/28/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A resource manager for a satellite telecommunication system including a plurality of user stations and at least one satellite, said resource manager including a congestion controller that assigns resources to downlinks, a demand assignment device that assigns resources to uplinks, and, for each satellite, a central entity that includes:

  • a subsystem of said congestion controller adapted to;

    receive requests sent by user stations of said satellite, each request expressing the bit rate necessary for a group of connections supported by a user station and by the same downlink of said satellite, anddetermine the bit rate authorized for said group of connections, anda subsystem of said demand assignment device adapted to allocate resources to an uplink, at each user station, as a function of said bit rates authorized by said subsystem of said congestion controller and globally for all connections supported by said user station.

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