BONDED PSEUDO HEMISPHERICAL BEAM OPERATION FOR SPOT BEAM ENVIRONMENTS
A method of creating a pseudo hemispherical beam using a plurality of individual spot beams comprising receiving by a single router or packet processor, user data from a plurality of users, processing the user data by the single router or packet processor using a QoS logic such that a single output comprising a plurality of queues of data results, each queue of data comprising data designated for transmission only to one or more predetermined remote receivers, modulating the plurality of queues of data received using a multiple-carrier modulator such that a single output comprising a plurality of individual spot beams results, wherein each individual spot beam has a unique center frequency and carrier signal configuration, and transmitting the plurality of individual spot beams to a repeating relay configured to transmit each individual spot beam to the one or more predetermined remote receivers.
1 . A method of creating a pseudo hemispherical beam using a plurality of individual spot beams comprising:
receiving, by a single router or packet processor, user data from a plurality of users;
processing the user data by the single router or packet processor using a QoS logic such that a single output comprising a plurality of queues of data results, each queue of data comprising data designated for transmission only to one or more predetermined remote receivers;
modulating the plurality of queues of data received from the single router or packet processor using a multiple-carrier modulator such that a single output comprising a plurality of individual spot beams results, each individual spot beam comprising at least one carrier signal, and having a unique center frequency and carrier signal configuration; and
transmitting the plurality of individual spot beams to a repeating relay configured to transmit each individual spot beam to the one or more predetermined remote receivers designated to receive the one or more queues of data.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of individual spot beams comprise less duplicate data among the plurality of individual spot beams than that of an equivalent hemispherical beam configured to transmit the user data to the one or more predetermined remote receivers.
3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising bridging the user data by the single router or packet processor.
4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising routing the user data by the single router or packet processor.
5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising spoofing or optimizing the user data by the single router or packet processor.
6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising rate shaping the user data by the single router or packet processor.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the queues of data among the plurality of queues of data are dedicated transmission queues.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein information is designated for each queue based on feedback received from a secondary network.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the carrier configuration of each spot beam is a static configuration.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the carrier configuration of each spot beam is a dynamic configuration.
11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the dynamic configuration is configured to meet one or more network traffic requirements or to support one or more remote receivers during a beam-to-beam transition.
12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the router or packet processor and multi-carrier modulator are contained within a single unit.
13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the data queues has at least one of a 1:1, 1:N, or an M:N redundant configuration.
14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the output of the multi-carrier modulator is at an intermediate frequency (IF) or a radio frequency (RF).
15 . The method of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the individual spot beam center frequencies and carrier signal configurations is determined by an external control process.
16 . A system for creating a pseudo hemispherical beam using a plurality of individual spot beams comprising:
a single router or packet processor configured to:
receive user data from a plurality of users; and
process the user data using a QoS logic such that a single output comprising a plurality of queues of data results, each queue of data comprising data designated for transmission only to one or more predetermined remote receivers;
a multiple-carrier modulator configured to modulate the plurality of queues of data received from the single router or packet processor such that a single output comprising a plurality of individual spot beams results, wherein each individual spot beam among the plurality of individual spot beams is comprised of at least one carrier signal and has a unique center frequency and carrier signal configuration; and
a transmitter configured to transmit the plurality of individual spot beams to a repeating relay configured to transmit each individual spot beam to the one or more predetermined remote receivers designated to receive the one or more queues of data.
17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of individual spot beams comprise less duplicate data among the plurality of individual spot beams than that of an equivalent hemispherical beam configured to transmit the user data to the one or more predetermined remote receivers.
18 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the single router or packet processor is further configured to bridge the user data.
19 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the single router or packet processor is further configured to route the user data.
20 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the single router or packet processor is further configured to spoof or optimize.
21 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the single router or packet processor is further configured to rate shape the user data.
22 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the queues of data among the plurality of queues of data are dedicated transmission queues.
23 . The system of claim 16 , wherein information is designated for each queue based on feedback received from a secondary network.
24 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the carrier configuration of each spot beam is a static configuration.
25 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the carrier configuration of each spot beam is a dynamic configuration.
26 . The method of claim 25 , wherein the dynamic configuration is configured to meet one or more network traffic requirements or to support one or more remote receivers during a beam-to-beam transition.
27 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the router or packet processor and multi-carrier modulator are contained within a single unit.
28 . The system of claim 16 , wherein one or more of the data queues has at least one of a 1:1, 1:N, or an M:N redundant configuration.
29 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the output of the multi-carrier modulator is at an intermediate frequency (IF) or a radio frequency (RF).
30 . The system of claim 16 , wherein one or more of the individual spot beam center frequencies and carrier signal configurations is determined by an external control process.