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Proxy-based establishment of a communication session

  • US 9,066,321 B1
  • Filed: 04/17/2012
  • Issued: 06/23/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for establishing a communication session in a satellite communication system, comprising:

  • receiving, at a terrestrial proxy device located in proximity to a terrestrial network node device via a satellite, a rapid-access message from a terrestrial communication terminal that includes information enabling the proxy device to function on behalf of the communication terminal to establish the communication session between the communication terminal and the network node device, wherein the information in the rapid-access message comprises an indication of characteristics of the communication terminal and an indication of connection destination;

    in response to receiving the rapid-access message at the proxy device, exchanging a plurality of messages that do not pass through the satellite with the network node device to perform a plurality of session establishing phases using the information in the rapid-access message such that the proxy device establishes the communication session with the network node device on behalf of the communication terminal; and

    transmitting at least one confirmation message from the proxy device to the communication terminal via the satellite to notify the communication terminal of the establishment of the communication session between the communication terminal and the network node device.

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