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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2003
Mark Dale, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Dorothy D Lin, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Alan Gin, Corona Del Mar, CA (US);
Jen-chieh Chien, Lake Forest, CA (US);
David Hartman, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Rocco J Brescia, Jr., Newport Coast, CA (US);
Ravi C Bhaskaran, Irvine, CA (US);
Adel F Fanous, Irvine, CA (US);
Mark Dale, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Dorothy D Lin, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Alan Gin, Corona Del Mar, CA (US);
Jen-Chieh Chien, Lake Forest, CA (US);
David Hartman, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Rocco J Brescia, Jr., Newport Coast, CA (US);
Ravi C Bhaskaran, Irvine, CA (US);
Adel F Fanous, Irvine, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for requesting additional bandwidth in a communications channel between one or more first satellite terminal devices and a second satellite terminal device, are provided. The method includes identifying an available field in a header to be transmitted from the one or more first devices to the second device and allocating at least a portion of the available field for requesting the additional bandwidth. A size of the available field is reconfigurable. The method also includes forwarding the extend header to the second device.