Patent ID: 11968030
Assignee: VIASAT INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A system for implementing bandwidth scheduling in a high-latency network using a low-latency network, the system comprising:
a user terminal configured to send a request for return-link bandwidth on the high-latency network, the request sent using the low-latency network, the high-latency network comprising a first satellite network, the low-latency network comprising a second satellite network; and
a gateway routing device in communication with the user terminal via the low-latency network, the gateway routing device including a scheduler configured to receive the bandwidth request from the user terminal and, in response to the request for bandwidth, to allocate return-link bandwidth for the user terminal, wherein the scheduler is configured to allocate the entire amount of determined return-link bandwidth on the low-latency network responsive to determining that the determined amount of return-link bandwidth is less than a designated return-link bandwidth threshold, and wherein the scheduler is configured to allocate the entire amount of determined return-link bandwidth on the high-latency network responsive to determining that the determined amount of return-link bandwidth is greater than or equal to the designated return-link bandwidth threshold.