Hughes Network Systems, LLC

David McLaurin

Emanuel Harrington

Hasme Rafsan Jani

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for wireless communication with modulation using electromagnetic polarization. In some implementations, a device receives input data to transmit over a wireless communication channel, and the device has a (i) first antenna feed to receive signals for transmission with a first polarization and (ii) a second antenna feed to receive signals for transmission with a second polarization. The device modulates a radiofrequency carrier to generate modulated output that encodes a first subset of the input data, then upconverts the modulated output of the modulator to generate upconverted output. The device varies a polarization with which the upconverted output is transmitted based on a second subset of the input data, such that the input data is transmitted using both (i) modulation of the radiofrequency carrier signal and (ii) variation of the polarization with which the modulated signal is transmitted.

Wireless communication modulation using electromagnetic polarization

Some implementations of the disclosure are directed to preventing unauthorized transmissions of an outdoor IP Radio by an unauthorized user tapping the connection between an indoor unit and the outdoor IP Radio. In one implementation, a method comprises: initializing, over an interfacility link (IFL) connecting an indoor unit of a satellite terminal and an outdoor Internet Protocol (IP) Radio of the satellite terminal, a communication link between the indoor unit and the outdoor IP Radio; authenticating, using the indoor unit and the outdoor IP Radio, the communication link between the indoor unit and the outdoor IP radio; and after authenticating the communication link, providing satellite network service to the indoor unit via the outdoor IP Radio.

Satellite terminal IP radio MOCA link security

A system includes a router including a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive a wireless request from a first computing device to initiate a connection mode for a wireless network. The instructions are further executable to join a second computing device to the wireless network under the connection mode. wherein the connection mode allows the second device to join the wireless network without input of a password stored prior to the wireless request.

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Rockville, MD, United States of America

David McLaurin