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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2000
William F. Courtney, Long Beach, CA (US);
Richard L. Vogel, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);
Raymond M. Nuber, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Northrop Gumman Corporation, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
The present method ( ) for allocating bandwidth in a satellite communication system ( ) includes determining ( ) an uplink assignment of uplinks ( ) to user terminals ( ) and a gateway ( ). The uplink assignment is preferably based on input parameters including a gateway uplink efficiency, a user terminal uplink efficiency, and a traffic ratio between the user terminal and the gateway. The method ( ) also determines a downlink assignment of downlinks ( ) to the user terminals ( ) and one or more gateways ( ). The downlink assignment is preferably based on traffic offered to the user terminals ( ) and the gateways ( ) as dictated by the uplink assignment. Either of the uplink assignment and downlink assignment may be integer or non-integer assignments.