A resource management and billing system for a broadband satellite communications system
CA 2364404 A1 · Owner: Neti, Murty · Inventors: Neti, Murty; Gopal, Rajeev
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A resource management and billing system in a satellite communications network, which is capable of monitoring and verifying resource usage by terminals in the network. The system employs features of the satellite terminals, payload control computer and satellite demodulators, and a network operations control center. The satellite terminal maintains a record of the number of packets requested from the payload control computer. These packets represent the usage history data of each satellite terminal. In addition using the payload control, computer and a satellite demodulator the satellite maintains records of, the number of packets requested by the satellite terminal. The satellite terminal …
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- Filed December 5, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 5, 2021.
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