CPC H04L 47/20 (2013.01) [H04L 12/5692 (2013.01); H04L 41/082 (2013.01); H04L 47/122 (2013.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.05); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04L 43/08 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01)] | 35 Claims |
1. A communications system configured to route network data over a plurality of access networks, the communications system comprising:
a satellite access network that provides a first network path between a client device and a destination network;
a terrestrial access network that provides a second network path between the client device and the destination network, the second access network comprising a cellular network; and
a policy enforcer configured to determine a route for a network message associated with a user that includes the first network path or the second network path, the route based on a routing policy that specifies a data threshold for the user over the satellite access network,
wherein the policy enforcer routes the network message associated with the user over the terrestrial access network responsive to determining that the data threshold of the user over the satellite access network has been exceeded.
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