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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2015
Hughes Network Systems, Llc, Germantown, MD (US);
Shanti Swarup Vedula, Boyds, MD (US);
Hughes Network Systems, LLC, Germantown, MD (US);
Abstract
Each of a first group of gateway nodes of a communications network operates as a primary gateway identified by a respective unique gateway identification number (GWID), and each of a second group of gateway nodes operates as a backup gateway. Each gateway node has an assigned backup priority level with respect to each GWID. The gateway nodes are interconnected via a common local network. In the event that a primary gateway node becomes non-operational, the backup gateway that is assigned the highest priority level with respect to the GWID of the non-operational primary gateway assumes operation as the primary gateway identified by that GWID. Upon restoration of the non-operational gateway node, the gateway node operates as a backup gateway in place of the gateway node that assumed its operation as the primary gateway. A gateway node operates as a primary gateway for only one respective GWID at a time.