Apparatus and methods for dynamic spectrum allocation in satellite communications
First Claim
1. A communication system operative in conjunction with Satellite Communication apparatus providing communication services to at least a first set of communicants, said first set of communicants including a first plurality of communicants, wherein said communication services are provided to each of said communicants in accordance with a spectrum allocation corresponding thereto, thereby to define a first plurality of spectrum allocations apportioning a first predefined spectrum portion among the first set of communicants;
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Dynamic Spectrum Allocation apparatus operative to dynamically modify, once per time period, wherein at least one time period is within an order of magnitude of no more than one minute, at least one spectrum allocation corresponding to at least one of the first plurality of communicants without exceeding said spectrum portion,wherein said first set of communicants includes communicants which want to share bandwidth such that different communicants can communicate high definition images at different tires and wherein said Dynamic Spectrum Allocation apparatus is operative to dynamically modify at least one spectrum allocation corresponding to at least one of the first plurality of communicants without exceeding said spectrum portion, so as to enable different communicants, from among said first set, to communicate high definition images at different times,wherein plurality of communicants are all sent to a single high-bandwidth task, however, at any given time window, only a predetermined number of the communicants need actually to transmit high-band information,and wherein said Dynamic Spectrum Allocation apparatus provides each of said plurality of communicants with an indication of an anticipated time window in which wide band width applications are to be employed, thereby to reduce the required effective bandwidth by a factor of k, by separating command and control information, having a low data rate, from payload information having a high data rate by including all communicants as part of a command and control network and if there are requirements to use high data rate, assigning a new spectrum to a relevant communicant for transmission of payload data including provision of a video channel dynamically for a dynamic modification of the individual communicant'"'"'s current spectrum allocation.
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Abstract
A communication system including Satellite Communication apparatus providing communication services to at least a first set of communicants, the first set of communicants including a first plurality of communicants, wherein the communication services are provided to each of the communicants in accordance with a spectrum allocation corresponding thereto, thereby to define a first plurality of spectrum allocations apportioning a first predefined spectrum portion among the first set of communicants; and Dynamic Spectrum Allocations apparatus operative to dynamically modify at least one spectrum allocation corresponding to at least one of the first plurality of communicants without exceeding the spectrum portion.
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25 Claims
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1. A communication system operative in conjunction with Satellite Communication apparatus providing communication services to at least a first set of communicants, said first set of communicants including a first plurality of communicants, wherein said communication services are provided to each of said communicants in accordance with a spectrum allocation corresponding thereto, thereby to define a first plurality of spectrum allocations apportioning a first predefined spectrum portion among the first set of communicants;
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the system comprising;
Dynamic Spectrum Allocation apparatus operative to dynamically modify, once per time period, wherein at least one time period is within an order of magnitude of no more than one minute, at least one spectrum allocation corresponding to at least one of the first plurality of communicants without exceeding said spectrum portion,wherein said first set of communicants includes communicants which want to share bandwidth such that different communicants can communicate high definition images at different tires and wherein said Dynamic Spectrum Allocation apparatus is operative to dynamically modify at least one spectrum allocation corresponding to at least one of the first plurality of communicants without exceeding said spectrum portion, so as to enable different communicants, from among said first set, to communicate high definition images at different times, wherein plurality of communicants are all sent to a single high-bandwidth task, however, at any given time window, only a predetermined number of the communicants need actually to transmit high-band information, and wherein said Dynamic Spectrum Allocation apparatus provides each of said plurality of communicants with an indication of an anticipated time window in which wide band width applications are to be employed, thereby to reduce the required effective bandwidth by a factor of k, by separating command and control information, having a low data rate, from payload information having a high data rate by including all communicants as part of a command and control network and if there are requirements to use high data rate, assigning a new spectrum to a relevant communicant for transmission of payload data including provision of a video channel dynamically for a dynamic modification of the individual communicant'"'"'s current spectrum allocation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for providing communication using Satellite Communication apparatus operative for providing communication services to at least a first set of communicants, said first set of communicants including a first plurality of communicants, the method comprising:
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providing communication services to each of said communicants in accordance with a spectrum allocation corresponding thereto, thereby to define a first plurality of spectrum allocations apportioning a first predefined spectrum portion among the first set of communicants; and
includingproviding Dynamic Spectrum Allocation apparatus operative to dynamically modify, once per time period, wherein at least one time period is within an order of magnitude of no more than one minute, at least one spectrum allocation corresponding to at least one of the first plurality of communicants without exceeding said spectrum portion, wherein said first set of communicants includes communicants which want to share bandwidth such that different communicants can communicate high definition images at different times and wherein said Dynamic Spectrum Allocation apparatus is operative to dynamically modify at least one spectrum allocation corresponding to at least one of the first plurality of communicants without exceeding said spectrum portion, so as to enable different communicants, from among said first set, to communicate high definition images at different times, wherein plurality of communicants are all sent to a single high-bandwidth task, however, at any given time window, only a predetermined number of the communicants need actually to transmit high-bandwidth information, and wherein said Providing Dynamic Spectrum Allocation apparatus includes provision by each of said plurality of communicants of an indication of an anticipated time window in which wide band width applications are to be employed, thereby to reduce the required effective bandwidth by a factor of k, by separating the command and control information, having a low data rate, from payload information having a high data rate by including all communicants as part of a command and control network and if there are requirements to use high data rate, assigning a new spectrum to a relevant communicant for transmission of payload data including provision of a video channel dynamically for a dynamic modification of the individual communicant'"'"'s current spectrum allocation. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory tangible computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for providing communication using Satellite Communication apparatus operative for providing communication services to at least a first set of communicants, said first set of communicants including a first plurality of communicants, the method comprising:
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providing communication services to each of said communicants in accordance with a spectrum allocation corresponding thereto, thereby to define a first plurality of spectrum allocations apportioning a first predefined spectrum portion among the first set of communicants; and
includingproviding Dynamic Spectrum Allocation apparatus operative to dynamically modify, once per time period, wherein at least one time period is within an order of magnitude of no more than one minute, at least one spectrum allocation corresponding to at least one of the first plurality of communicants without exceeding said spectrum portion, wherein said first set of communicants includes communicants which want to share bandwidth such that different communicants can communicate high definition images at different times and wherein said Dynamic Spectrum Allocation apparatus is operative to dynamically modify at least one spectrum allocation corresponding to at least one of the first plurality of communicants without exceeding said spectrum portion, so as to enable different communicants, from among said first set, to communicate high definition images at different times, wherein plurality of communicants are all sent to a single high-bandwidth task, however, at any given time window, only a predetermined number of the communicants need actually to transmit high-bandwidth information, and wherein said providing Dynamic Spectrum Allocation apparatus includes provision by each of said plurality of communicants of an indication of an anticipated time window in which wide band width applications are to be employed, thereby to reduce the required effective bandwidth by a factor of k, by separating the command and control information, having a low data rate, from payload information having a high data rate by including all communicants as part of a command and control network and if there are requirements to use high data rate, assigning a new spectrum to a relevant communicant for transmission of payload data including provision of a video channel dynamically for a dynamic modification of the individual communicant'"'"'s current spectrum allocation.
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