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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2020
Infinera Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Steven Joseph Hand, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Tulasi Veguru, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Prasad Paranjape, Fremont, CA (US);
Han Henry Sun, Ottawa, CA;
Infinera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An example method is performed by a terrestrial control system communicatively coupled to a constellation of satellites. According to the method, instructions are transmitted to a first satellite of the constellation to transmit a plurality of first groups of optical subcarriers to a plurality of second satellites of the constellation via free-space optical communication. The first groups of optical subcarriers carry first data and each of the first groups of optical subcarriers is associated, respectively, with a different communications module of the second satellites. Further, instructions are transmitted to the second satellites to transmit a plurality of second optical subcarriers to the first satellite via free-space optical communication. The second groups of optical subcarriers carry second data and each of the second groups of optical subcarriers is associated, respectively, with a different communications module of the second satellites.