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Dynamic frequency assignment in a multi-beam system

  • US 8,433,332 B2
  • Filed: 08/08/2012
  • Issued: 04/30/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for dynamically assigning bandwidth resources to a plurality of beams in a satellite communications network, the system comprising:

  • a request compilation module configured to;

    receive bandwidth resource requests from a first plurality of terminals in the satellite communications network, the first plurality of terminals located within a first geographical region serviced by a first beam of the plurality of beams;

    receive resource requests from a second plurality of terminals of the satellite communications network, the second plurality of terminals located within a second geographical region serviced by a second beam of the plurality of beams; and

    generate per-beam bandwidth resource request data based at least in part on the received bandwidth resource requests, the per-beam resource request data including first resource request data associated with the first plurality of terminals and second resource request data associated with the second plurality of terminals;

    an allocation module configured to identify allocatable bandwidth resources comprising a plurality of time slots of a frequency bandwidth for a defined time duration; and

    an assignment module, communicatively coupled with the allocation module and the request compilation module, and configured to;

    assign a first subset of the plurality of time slots of the allocatable bandwidth resources to the first beam of the plurality of beams according to the first resource request data; and

    assign a second subset of the plurality of time slots of the allocatable bandwidth resources to the second beam of the plurality of beams according to the second resource request data.

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