IP Library Granted Patent US 12,609,765
Granted Patent B2
US 12,609,765 · App. 18/337,668 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Out of band demand assigned multiple access

Inventors: Mustafa Rangwala (Germantown, MD); Raghunandan Janardhan (Germantown, MD)
Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLC
H04B7/2615H04J1/02H04W48/14
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Patent No.
US 12,609,765
App. No.
18/337,668
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method for granting demand access to a data network from an Out of band (OOB) network, the method including: locking to an OOB inroute illuminating an OOB coverage area of the OOB network; transmitting an OOB request including a Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) request for the data network to an OOB Network Management System (NMS) via the OOB inroute; sending, from the OOB NMS, the DAMA request to a data NMS of the data network; and fulfilling the DAMA request.

Claims (28)

1 . A method for granting demand access to a data network from an Out of band (OOB) network, the method comprising:

locking to an OOB inroute illuminating an OOB coverage area of the OOB network;

transmitting an OOB request comprising a Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) request for the data network to an OOB Network Management System (NMS) via the OOB inroute;

sending, from the OOB NMS, the DAMA request to a data NMS of the data network; and

fulfilling the DAMA request.

2 . The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving, via an OOB outroute, an OOB request response comprising a DAMA request response.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising sending an OOB request response from the OOB NMS.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the locking comprises utilizing a non-demand assigned multiple access channel of the OOB network as the OOB inroute.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the OOB inroute comprises an Internet of Things (IoT) channel and the OOB request is formatted as an IoT request.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the OOB network comprises a Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) constellation and the data network comprises a GEO, a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) or a Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) constellation.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the OOB network comprises a cellular network and the data network comprises a GEO, LEO or MEO constellation.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the OOB network comprises a first type of satellite constellation and the data network comprises a second type of satellite constellation that is different than the first type.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising authenticating the DAMA request prior to the fulfilling.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the DAMA request comprises a geolocation of a User Terminal (UT), properties of the UT, and a target DAMA channel.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the DAMA request comprises a DAMA configuration for the fulfilling and the fulfilling fulfills the DAMA request based on the DAMA configuration.

12 . A system to grant demand access to a data network from an Out of band (OOB) network, the system comprising:

an OOB modem to lock to an OOB inroute illuminating an OOB coverage area of the OOB network;

an DAMA module to transmit an OOB request comprising a Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) request for the data network to an OOB Network Management System (NMS) via the OOB inroute;

an OOB NMS to send the DAMA request to a data NMS of the data network; and

a data NMS to fulfill the DAMA request.

13 . The system of claim 12 wherein the DAMA module receives, via an OOB outroute, an OOB request response comprising a DAMA request response.

14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the OOB NMS sends an OOB request response.

15 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the DAMA module utilizes a non-demand assigned multiple access channel of the OOB network as the OOB inroute.

16 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the OOB inroute comprises an Internet of Things (IoT) channel and the OOB request is formatted as an IoT request.

17 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the OOB network comprises a Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) constellation and the data network comprises a GEO, Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) or a Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) constellation.

18 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the OOB network comprises a cellular network and the data network comprises a GEO, LEO or MEO constellation.

19 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the OOB request comprises a geolocation of a User Terminal (UT), properties of the UT, and a target DAMA channel.

20 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the DAMA request comprises a DAMA configuration for the fulfilling and the fulfilling fulfills the OOB request based on the DAMA configuration.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2023
From: HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 064368/0450 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2023
From: RANGWALA, MUSTAFA; JANARDHAN, RAGHUNANDAN
To: HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC
Reel/Frame 063995/0454 →