CPC H04B 7/18576 (2013.01) [H04B 7/18539 (2013.01); H04L 1/0003 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 76/27 (2018.02); H04W 80/02 (2013.01); H04W 80/08 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A communication system, comprising:
a satellite base station configured to communicate with a satellite, the satellite base station comprising:
a satellite baseband controller,
one or more satellite modems, and
a control processor operatively coupled to the satellite baseband controller and the one or more satellite modems, the control processor configured to:
provide a message to a plurality of terminal devices in communication with the satellite,
receive, based on the message, store a subset of the plurality of terminal devices that support carrier aggregation, and
responsive to data transfer increasing or decreasing from an initial data transfer to a terminal device of the subset of terminal devices, assigning or removing, respectively, carrier channels provided by the satellite.
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