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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
May. 07, 2024
Hughes Network Systems, Llc, Germantown, MD (US);
James Jehong Jong, North Potomac, MD (US);
Channasandra Ravishankar, Clarksburg, MD (US);
Bala Subramanian, Potomac, MD (US);
John E. Corrigan, III, Miami Beach, FL (US);
Hughes Network Systems, LLC, Germantown, MD (US);
Abstract
Beam hopping (BH) approaches are described herein for integrated terrestrial-non-terrestrial network (iTNTNs) having a terrestrial radio access network integrated with multi-beam satellite communications. A macro-level BH configuration can be generated, based on present and projected network data, to include synchronized traffic channel and acquisition channel BH cycles, each with respective cycle durations and dwell resolutions. The configuration can also include a PNT channel BH cycle with its own cycle duration and dwell resolution for use by a dedicated PNT beam. The macro-level configuration can be used to define a micro-level configuration for each of multiple traffic and control (TnC) beams, including certain time slots for cell acquisition and remaining time slots for allocating TnC communications to cells in proportion to their traffic demands. Concurrent beam hopping by the TnC Beams and the PNT beam in accordance with the BH cycle configurations provides efficient multiplexing of traffic, control, and PNT communications.