US 12,193,092 B2
Control of connectivity between a satellite and a wide area network using a common control plane
Benjamin Posthuma, Gig Harbor, WA (US); Neville Meijers, Bellevue, WA (US); Maxwell Smoot, Seattle, WA (US); and Luis Varela, Kirkland, WA (US)
Assigned to Kymeta Corporation, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Kymeta Corporation, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on May 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/747,478.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/194,463, filed on May 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0386400 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 36/18 (2009.01); H04W 40/36 (2009.01); H04W 84/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/15 (2018.02) [H04W 36/144 (2023.05); H04W 36/18 (2013.01); H04W 40/36 (2013.01); H04W 84/06 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
23. A communications terminal comprising:
an antenna aperture;
a Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) controller having a control plane manager service to manage a common control plane comprising a continuous control channel for exchanging control information with a master NMS to select wide-area networks (WANs) for use during WAN handovers without operator intervention or service disruption involved.