Apparatus and method for efficient tdma bandwidth allocation for tcp/ip satellite-based networks
CA 2373678 A1 · Owner: Kay, Stanley E. · Inventors: Kepley, W. Robert; Kay, Stanley E.; Kelly, Frank M. Jr.
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A communication system balances message traffic between return channel groups and within the groups, so that the user does not control the specific transmission frequency used. Uplink frequencies and bandwidths for the return channels are set by the system in a return channel control message in the broadcast signal so as to account for system and return channel group laoding and to account for user message backlogs. An initial transmission from a remote user may be made using an ALOHA-type burst signal that provides a message backlog to the control station and is made on a frequency determined from a randomly weighted, load-based frequency selection process. The system and not the …
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