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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2021
Applicant:
Hughes Network Systems, Llc, Germantown, MD (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC, Germantown, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 36/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/30 (2013.01); H04B 7/18513 (2013.01); H04W 36/023 (2013.01);
Abstract
A satellite communication system that combines the benefits of Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) and Non-geostationary (NGSO) satellite systems into a GEO-NGSO hybrid satellite system. The hybrid system allows for various uses, such as, a NGSO-GEO-NGSO handoff, a GEO-NGSO-GEO handoff, and/or a multi-transport operation utilizing both the GEO and NGSO satellites. Based on the path delay differences of the GEO and NGSO satellites, the system may create a data buffer to ensure no data loss.