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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2017
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Suresh K. Iyer, Germantown, MD (US);
Dilip S. Gokhale, Germantown, MD (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A method for uplink and downlink scheduling in a satellite long-term evolution (LTE) network includes receiving, at a satellite base station, a scheduling request from a terminal device. The method further includes transmitting an uplink and downlink grant to the terminal device with an initial allocation that supports the configured data rate. User data is sent and received from the terminal device based on this initial allocation without continually sending grants to the terminal device. The method also supports changes to the persistent allocation based on updated user traffic requirements as indicated by the terminal device.