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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2021
James J. Jong, North Potomac, MD (US);
Channasandra Ravishankar, Clarksburg, MD (US);
William Whitmarsh, San Diego, CA (US);
Nassir Benammar, Germantown, MD (US);
Santharam Gurumani, Frederick, MD (US);
Pablo Valle, San Diego, CA (US);
Jianxia Luo, San Diego, CA (US);
James J. Jong, North Potomac, MD (US);
Channasandra Ravishankar, Clarksburg, MD (US);
William Whitmarsh, San Diego, CA (US);
Nassir Benammar, Germantown, MD (US);
Santharam Gurumani, Frederick, MD (US);
Pablo Valle, San Diego, CA (US);
Jianxia Luo, San Diego, CA (US);
Hughes Network Systems, LLC, Germantown, MD (US);
Abstract
A method for communicating with a legacy terminal supporting a legacy air interface and a new terminal supporting a next generation air interface including: assigning a same carrier to the legacy terminal and the new terminal; receiving a terminal identifier and an optional payload for transmission at a MAC/RLC layer; determining if the terminal identifier is associated with the legacy terminal or the new terminal; composing, based on the determining, a burst header; formatting, a burst including the burst header and the optional payload; and transmitting the burst. In the method, the burst header is set to one of the one or more valid burst headers when the burst is associated with the legacy terminal, and the burst header is set to one of the one or more undefined burst headers when the burst is associated with the new terminal.