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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2012
Sarig Sela, Karkur, IL;
Mordekhay Goldshtein, Hod-Hasharon, IL;
Magal Pinchas, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Snir Brener, Petah-Tikva, IL;
Rafi Heiman, Ramot-Hashavim, IL;
Sarig Sela, Karkur, IL;
Mordekhay Goldshtein, Hod-Hasharon, IL;
Magal Pinchas, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Snir Brener, Petah-Tikva, IL;
Rafi Heiman, Ramot-Hashavim, IL;
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., Petah Tikva, IL;
Abstract
A satellite communication system comprising a hub and plurality of terminals may be divided into multiple segments, wherein each segment may support part of the terminals. A method for decentralized balancing of traffic between the system segments is presented herein. One segment in each coverage beam may be designated as home carrier and include load balancing information. The terminals may be configured to tune on a home carrier, receive the load balancing information and then use it for selecting a least loaded segment on which they may remain operational until reset or powered off. In some embodiments of the invention, said load balancing information may be used for calculating relative probabilities for selecting segments through a weighted random selection algorithm.