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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1998
Mohammad Soleimani, Rockville, MD (US);
Moe Rahnema, Bethesda, MD (US);
Jean-Aicard Fabien, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
David Roos, Boyds, MD (US);
Anthony Noerpel, Lovettsville, VA (US);
Michael Parr, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Hughes Electronics Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method employing an access terminal for maintaining discontinuous communications including a gateway receiver for receiving the discontinuous information, a radio frequency (RF) communication link via geosynchronous earth orbit satellite for conveying multiple communication channels using time division multiple access (TDMA), the access terminal initiating information communication with the receiver via at least one of the multiple communication channels. The access terminal further includes a memory for storing protocol processing information and a transmitter for establishing the radio frequency communication link to the receiver of the terrestrial gateway system. The access terminal memory provides for destroying of a signal pattern or protocol assigned to the access terminal by the gateway receiver or transmission of keep-alive bursts by the transmitter during periods of inactivity to maintain information communication with the receiver.