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TRAFFIC ROUTING FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. Methods and apparatus which route, control and manage traffic throughout a Satellite Communication System are disclosed. Packets associated with a single phone call do not necessarily travel along the same route.
TRAFFIC ROUTING FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. Methods and apparatus which route, control and manage traffic throughout a Satellite Communication System are disclosed. Packets associated with a single phone call do not necessarily travel along the same route.
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TRAFFIC ROUTING FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. Methods and apparatus which route, control and manage traffic throughout a Satellite Communication System are disclosed. Packets associated with a single phone call do not necessarily travel along the same route.
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United States Patent 11»
Liron
[58] TRAFFIC ROUTING
COMMUNICATION SYS
[75] Inventor: Moshe L. Liron, Palo Alto, Calif,
[73] Assignee: ‘Teledesic LLC, Belevue, Was
[+]. Notice: This patent is subject to teeminal dis-
[21] Appl. No.: 08/960,487
[22] Filed: Oct. 29, 1997
Related U.S. Application Data
[63] Continuation of application No. 08481573, Jun. 7, 1995,
Pat No. 5.240 16d, which ia eontinuation in part of appli
Cation No, 07/016.201, Feb. 18, 1987, and application Ro,
{8/203 140, Feb. 38, 1998, abandoned
[51] Int. cL? HosB 7/185
[52] US.Ch 370/316; 370/356; 370/394
[58] Field of Search 370/316, 351,
370/355, 356, 389, 304, 254, 255, 352:
32/35
[56] References Cited
USS. PATENT DOCUMENTS
5,471,467 1/1995 Johann 370
Soooe3s 2/1997 Bertin et a say
57104164 4/1998 Liron 370316
Primary Examiner—Chi H. Pham
Assistant Examiner—Kim T, Nguyen
‘Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Chiistensen O’Connor Jobason
& Kindness PLLC
USO06084864A_
uy) Patent Number: 6,084,864
[45] Date of Patent: *Jul. 4, 2000
57] ABSTRACT
Methods and apparatus which route, control and manage
traffic throughout a Satellite Communication System oper-
ating in low Earth orbit are disclosed. Voice, video and data
trafic from terrestrial gateways (G) and from portable (P),
mobile (M) or fixed (F) terminals are directed up through the
constellation of satellites (S) and back down to destinations
‘on Earth, The satellites provide continuous worldwide com-
munication services. while insuring uniform end-to-end
transmission delays. The satelite network is highly adaptive
to the constantly changing network topology, and will offer
4 synchronous circuit switched communication service that
provides sequential delivery of user data, regartless of the
type of the data transmiited. The network employs datagram
switching, as opposed to conventional virtual circuit switch-
ing techniques. Packets associated wit a single phone call
do not necessarily travel along the same route, and conse
quently arrive at their common destinations’ at different
times with variable. transmission delay. Packets (26)
received from a portable (P), mobile (M) or fixed (F)
terminal, from a satelite (S), or from a stationary gateway
(G) ate dispatched from an origin node (OUR_NODE) to 2
destination node (DEST NODE) according to address
instructions carried in the packet header (28) At each node,
propagation delay vectors OUR_DELAY_EST [DEST
NODE, ] are calculated using local computers, ‘These
delay vectors estimate a time delay which the packet (26)
{encounters in traveling from the origin node (OUR_NODE)
to the destination noc: (DEST_NODE). An optimal route
(opt_Link) is then selected from the set of calculated delay
‘vectors, and the packet (26) is routed tothe destination node
(DEST_NODE) via the pathway (opt_link) that insures
both the lowest end-fo-cnd delay and the best overall traic
‘management of the network.
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