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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2020
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Shima, Musashino, JP;
Fumihiro Yamashita, Musashino, JP;
Hiroki Shibayama, Musashino, JP;
Kiyohiko Itokawa, Musashino, JP;
Mitsuru Nishino, Musashino, JP;
Koichi Harada, Musashino, JP;
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method or a first earth station in a satellite communication system including a plurality of earth stations connected by a single-hop connection accommodating corresponding terminals is provided. The method includes encapsulating a first control message received from a first terminal in a first control signal to transfer the first control signal including the encapsulated first control message through a first controlling line to a second earth station accommodating a second terminal on an incoming side among the plurality of earth stations; and performing circuit-switching of the first communicating line between the first earth station and the second earth station in accordance with the first control message.