Reducing service outages in a multibeam satellite system
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1. A system for reducing service outages in a geosynchronous multibeam satellite system, the system comprising;
- a plurality of feeder links to a single geosynchronous multibeam satellite of the geosynchronous multibeam satellite system, each feeder link comprising a predetermined number of channels, the predetermined number of channels comprising active channels and diversity channels;
a means for detecting at least one degraded feeder link from the plurality of feeder links; and
a recoverable network routing protocol apparatus for switching the active channels of the at least one degraded feeder link to the diversity channels of at least one unaffected feeder link from the plurality of feeder links, said unaffected feeder link being located in a remote location from the affected feeder link to serve at least one user as the affected feeder link.
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A satellite is linked to a number of gateways by a number of feeder links. When a degraded link is detected among the feeder links, communications are switched from the degraded link to a diversity link shared among the feeder links. In one embodiment, the diversity link is connected to a diversity gateway located outside a service area of the satellite. In another embodiment, the diversity link comprises channels distributed among the feeder links within the service area.
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1. A system for reducing service outages in a geosynchronous multibeam satellite system, the system comprising;
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a plurality of feeder links to a single geosynchronous multibeam satellite of the geosynchronous multibeam satellite system, each feeder link comprising a predetermined number of channels, the predetermined number of channels comprising active channels and diversity channels; a means for detecting at least one degraded feeder link from the plurality of feeder links; and a recoverable network routing protocol apparatus for switching the active channels of the at least one degraded feeder link to the diversity channels of at least one unaffected feeder link from the plurality of feeder links, said unaffected feeder link being located in a remote location from the affected feeder link to serve at least one user as the affected feeder link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for reducing service outages in a geosynchronous multibeam satellite system, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of feeder links to a single geosynchronous multibeam satellite of the geosynchronous multibeam satellite system, each feeder link comprising a predetermined number of channels, the predetermined number of channels comprising active channels and diversity channels; detecting at least one degraded feeder link from the plurality of feeder links; and switching the active channels of the at least one degraded feeder link to the diversity channels of at least one unaffected feeder link from the plurality of feeder links via a recoverable network routing protocol apparatus, said unaffected feeder link being located in a remote location from the affected feeder link to serve a same at least one user as the affected feeder link. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A storage media comprising program instructions which are computer-executable to implement a reduction of service. outages in a geosynchronous multibeam satellite system, the storage media comprising:
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program instructions that cause a plurality of feeder links to be associated to a single geosynchronous multibeam satellite of the geosynchronous multibeam satellite system, each feeder link comprising a predetermined number of channels, the predetermined number of channels comprising active channels and diversity channels; program instructions that cause at least one degraded feeder link from the plurality of feeder links to be detected; and program instructions that cause the active channels of the at least one degraded feeder link to the diversity channels of at least one unaffected feeder link to be switched from the plurality of feeder links via a recoverable network routing protocol, said unaffected feeder link being located in a remote location from the affected feeder link to serve a same at least one user as the affected feeder link. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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