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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2000
Stuart T. Linsky, San Pedro, CA (US);
Harvey L. Berger, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Dennis A. Nivens, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Garrick J. Harmon, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Fred C. Tramm, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Robert W. White, Playa del Rey, CA (US);
Stuart T. Linsky, San Pedro, CA (US);
Harvey L. Berger, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Dennis A. Nivens, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Garrick J. Harmon, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Fred C. Tramm, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Robert W. White, Playa del Rey, CA (US);
Northrop Grumman Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A data routing subsystem () for a communication satellite includes an inbound module () that accepts demodulated uplink data. The inbound module () includes a routing table () that stores queue tags () specifying downlink beam hop locations () for the uplink data. The subsystem () also includes a self addressed packet switch () having an input port coupled to the inbound module (), and an outbound module () coupled to an output port of the switch (). A memory () in the outbound module () stores the uplink data in accordance with the downlink beam hop locations (). A multiple beam array antenna () is coupled to the outbound module (). The multiple beam array antenna () includes a first feed element () assigned to a first downlink beam hop location () and a second feed element () assigned to a second downlink beam hop location ().