APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC SPECTRUM ALLOCATION IN SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
First Claim
1. A communication system comprising:
- 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; and
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,and wherein said dynamic spectrum allocation apparatus is operative to allocate spectrum such that at least once, a wide band is allocated to a first user within a first time window which the first user has indicated to require a wide bandwidth application, and subsequently, within a second time window, said wide band is allocated to a second user which has indicated that said second time window requires a wide bandwidth application.
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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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37 Claims
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1. A communication system comprising:
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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; and 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, and wherein said dynamic spectrum allocation apparatus is operative to allocate spectrum such that at least once, a wide band is allocated to a first user within a first time window which the first user has indicated to require a wide bandwidth application, and subsequently, within a second time window, said wide band is allocated to a second user which has indicated that said second time window requires a wide bandwidth application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 30, 36)
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8. A method for providing communication comprising:
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providing 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; and Providing Dynamic Spectrum Allocation apparatus operative to dynamically modify, once per time period, wherein at least onetime 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 allocation corresponding to at least one of the first communicants, from among said first set, to communicate high definition images at different times. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 18, 20, 23)
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