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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2023
Hughes Network Systems, Llc, Germantown, MD (US);
Channasandra S. Ravishankar, Clarksburg, MD (US);
James Jehong Jong, North Potomac, MD (US);
Nassir Benammar, Germantown, MD (US);
Deepak Manohar Arur, Germantown, MD (US);
Gaguk Zakaria, College Park, MD (US);
Subramanya Bayar Krishna, Germantown, MD (US);
John Corrigan, Germantown, MD (US);
HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC, Germantown, MD (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for communication between user terminals and core network through satellite network and ground network are disclosed herein. The system facilitates connectivity through inter-satellite links in the satellite network. The system provides an air interface based on 5G protocols with satellite specific enhancements at lower layers, low latency, standards based physical layer design on both user and feeder links, beam-hopping design that minimizes end-to-end delay, software defined networking for route management to minimize payload complexity, efficient flow control between ground network and satellite to minimize buffering requirements in satellite payload, differentiated quality of service, advanced scheduler designs to cater to traffic types and full/half duplex terminals, end-to-end Layer 2 transport, direct user terminal to user terminal communications, adaptive modulation and coding, scalable gateway, and the like.