US 12,294,443 B2
Next generation mobile satellite service (MSS)
Channasandra Ravishankar, Clarksburg, MD (US); James Jong, North Potomac, MD (US); Gaguk Zakaria, Frederick, MD (US); and Nassir Benammar, Rockville, MD (US)
Assigned to Hughes Network Systems, LLC, Germantown, MD (US)
Filed by Hughes Network Systems, LLC, Germantown, MD (US)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/584,184.
Application 18/584,184 is a division of application No. 17/325,341, filed on May 20, 2021, granted, now 11,949,495.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/032,510, filed on May 29, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/028,912, filed on May 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0195492 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04B 7/26 (2006.01); H04L 47/20 (2022.01); H04L 47/629 (2022.01); H04W 4/10 (2009.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01)
CPC H04B 7/18539 (2013.01) [H04B 7/18513 (2013.01); H04B 7/18519 (2013.01); H04B 7/2643 (2013.01); H04L 47/20 (2013.01); H04L 47/629 (2013.01); H04W 4/10 (2013.01); H04W 28/0268 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for multiplexing a first-generation User Equipment (UE) and a second-generation UE on a satellite channel, the method comprising:
allocating, with a scheduler, timeslots for Time-Division Multiple Access (TDMA) of the satellite channel;
associating, with a Next Generation Service Gateway (NGSG), a first timeslot of the timeslots with a first-generation UE traffic and a second timeslot of the timeslots with a second-generation UE traffic; and
communicating, via the satellite channel using a Radio Frequency Transceiver, between the NGSG and the first-generation UE in the first timeslot and between the NGSG and the second-generation UE in the second timeslot.