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

Claim 0:
1. A method for allocating bandwidth on a high-latency network using a low-latency network, the method comprising:
receiving, from a user terminal, a request for return-link bandwidth on the high-latency network, the high-latency network comprising a first satellite network, the request being received over the low-latency network, the low-latency network comprising a second satellite network;
determining, in response to the received request, an amount of return-link bandwidth to allocate;
generating a schedule for return-link bandwidth based on the determined amount of return-link bandwidth, wherein the schedule includes an allocation of 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 schedule includes an allocation of 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; and
transmitting the generated schedule to the user terminal.