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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2021
Douglas Dillon, Rockville, MD (US);
Douglas Dillon, Rockville, MD (US);
Hughes Network Systems, LLC, Germantown, MD (US);
Abstract
A system and method for increasing bandwidth utilization of an aggregated path by a mobile terminal, the method including: establishing the aggregated path of communication with the mobile terminal, where the aggregated path includes a first path including a High Throughput Satellite (HTS) path having a first available capacity and a second path including a wireless path having a second available capacity; tracking the first and second available capacities; and updating, upon a movement of the mobile terminal, the first available capacity based on a distance of the mobile terminal from a satellite beam center of a current satellite beam; and selecting, to communicate a packet, one of the first and seconds path based on the first and the second available capacities.