IP Library Granted Patent US 11,405,099
Granted Patent B2
US 11,405,099 · App. 16/718,303 · Granted Aug 2, 2022

Satellite blockage tolerant communication

Inventors: James Jehong Jong (North Potomac, MD); Channasandra Ravishankar (Clarksburg, MD); Billy James Whitmarsh (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLC
H04B7/18536H04B7/18513H04B7/18534H04B7/18563
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Patent No.
US 11,405,099
App. No.
16/718,303
Granted
Aug 2, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Effects of communications blockages can be mitigated. A wireless communication transmitter comprises a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to, upon receiving a current data packet in a sequence of data packets, wirelessly transmit a burst to a second computer. The burst includes the current data packet and a previous data packet in the sequence.

Claims (45)

1. A wireless communication transmitter comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to, upon receiving a sequence of data packets including a first, a second, and a third data packet, digitally modulate each of the first, the second, and the third data packets separately, generate aggregated data packets including the separately digitally modulated first, second, and third data packets, and wirelessly transmit a first burst and a second burst to a second computer, wherein the first burst includes the first and the second data packets and the second burst includes the second and the third data packets.

2. The wireless communication transmitter of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to:

generate an aggregated data packet including the first data packet and the second data packet;

digitally modulate the aggregated data packet; and

then generate the first burst including the digitally modulated aggregated data packet.

3. The wireless communication transmitter of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to transmit a burst upon receiving every other data packet.

4. The wireless communication transmitter of claim 3 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to:

digitally modulate each of the current and three previous data packets separately;

generate an aggregated data packet including the digitally modulated current data packet and each of the separately digitally modulated previous data packets; and

then generate a third burst including the aggregated data packet.

5. The wireless communication transmitter of claim 3 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to:

generate an aggregated data packet including the current data packet and each of the plurality of previous data packets;

digitally modulate the aggregated data packet; and

then generate the third burst including the digitally modulated aggregated data packet.

6. The wireless communication transmitter of claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication transmitter is one of a satellite or a satellite terminal.

7. The wireless communication transmitter of claim 1 , wherein the data packet includes a media data packet.

8. The wireless communication transmitter of claim 7 , wherein the media data packet includes a VoIP data packet.

9. The wireless communication transmitter of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to perform voice encoding, channel coding, scrambling, digitally modulating, aggregating, and burst formatting.

10. The wireless communication transmitter of claim 8 , wherein the digitally modulating is performed before the aggregating.

11. The wireless communication transmitter of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to:

generate an aggregated data packet including the second data packet and the third data packet;

digitally modulate the aggregated data packet; and

then generate the second burst including the digitally modulated aggregated data packet.

12. A method, comprising:

upon receiving, in a first computer, in a sequence of data packets including a first, a second, and a third data packet, digitally modulating each of the first, the second, and the third data packets separately, generating aggregated data packets including the separately digitally modulated first, second, and third data packets, and wirelessly transmitting a first burst and a second burst to a second computer, wherein the first burst includes the first and the second data packets and the second burst includes the second and the third data packets.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

generating an aggregated data packet including the first data packet and the second data packet;

digitally modulating the aggregated data packet; and

then generating the first burst including the digitally modulated aggregated data packet.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising transmitting a burst upon receiving every other data packet to include a current data packet and a plurality of previous data packets.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

digitally modulating each of the current and three previous data packets separately;

generating an aggregated data packet including the digitally modulated current data packet and each of the separately digitally modulated previous data packets; and

then generating a third burst including the aggregated data packet.

16. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

generating an aggregated data packet including the current data packet and each of the plurality of previous data packets;

digitally modulating the aggregated data packet; and

then generating the third burst including the digitally modulated aggregated data packet.

17. The method of claim 12 , further comprising performing voice encoding, channel coding, scrambling, digitally modulating, aggregating, and burst formatting, wherein the data packet includes a media data packet.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the digitally modulating is performed before the aggregating.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the media data packet includes a VoIP data packet.

20. The method of claim 12 , further including:

generating an aggregated data packet including the second data packet and the third data packet;

digitally modulating the aggregated data packet; and

then generating the second burst including the digitally modulated aggregated data packet.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2022
From: HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 061470/0920 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2020
From: JONG, JAMES JEHONG; RAVISHANKAR, CHANNASANDRA; WHITMARSH, BILLY JAMES
To: HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC
Reel/Frame 054661/0342 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2020
From: HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS LLC
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 051812/0560 →