Satellite receiver/router, system, and method of use
First Claim
1. A satellite receiver in a satellite based IP communication system, comprising:
- an Ethernet/router card configured to be removably inserted into a slot of the satellite receiver, said card comprising;
a receiver backplane interface, wherein the backplane interface provides the card with a clock and a packetized TCP/IP data stream;
a depacketizer configured to receive as input the packetized TCP/IP data stream and to output TCP/IP packets and data;
a TCP/IP address filter configured to receive as input the TCP/IP packets and data from the depacketizer, and to;
(i) output the TCP/IP packets and data, and (ii) route selected TCP/IP packets as in-band signaling data;
an Ethernet transmitter configured to receive the TCP/IP packets and data as input from the TCP/IP address filter;
an in-band signaling address filter configured to receive as input the in-band signaling data from the TCP/IP address filter and to route selected packets as commands; and
a command processor configured to receive as input the commands routed by the in-band signaling address filter.
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Abstract
This specification discloses a satellite transmission system for transmission of TCP/IP compatible packets from a head end computer through a satellite uplink, an extraterrestrial satellite, a satellite downlink, and an integrated satellite receiver/router for outputting of the TCP/IP compatible packets through a port on the receiver/router onto a computer LAN or WAN. The system may include an Internet or telecommunications backchannel. The receiver becomes router enabled by means of a removable insertion Ethernet/Router insertion card inserted into a slot in the receiver, although the transmission system may be used to simultaneously transmit a variety of other services through the receiver by use of other service slots in the receiver. The Ethernet/Receiver supports the IGMPv2 Multicasting (querier and non querier modes), standard TCP/IP (including UDP and Telnet), and SNMP protocols.
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16 Claims
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1. A satellite receiver in a satellite based IP communication system, comprising:
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an Ethernet/router card configured to be removably inserted into a slot of the satellite receiver, said card comprising; a receiver backplane interface, wherein the backplane interface provides the card with a clock and a packetized TCP/IP data stream; a depacketizer configured to receive as input the packetized TCP/IP data stream and to output TCP/IP packets and data; a TCP/IP address filter configured to receive as input the TCP/IP packets and data from the depacketizer, and to;
(i) output the TCP/IP packets and data, and (ii) route selected TCP/IP packets as in-band signaling data;an Ethernet transmitter configured to receive the TCP/IP packets and data as input from the TCP/IP address filter; an in-band signaling address filter configured to receive as input the in-band signaling data from the TCP/IP address filter and to route selected packets as commands; and a command processor configured to receive as input the commands routed by the in-band signaling address filter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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