Patent ID: 11924845
Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
a first user terminal (UT) comprising:
a first network interface;
a second network interface; and
a first set of one or more processors executing instructions to:
receive, using the first network interface, first data;
determine a size of the first data, wherein the size is expressed with a first number of bits;
determine a first amount of data by representing the size with a second number of bits, wherein the second number of bits is less than the first number of bits;
determine, based on the first data, second data that is indicative of:
the first amount of data in the first data, and
a first priority associated with the first data;

send, using the second network interface, the second data on a shared channel to a first satellite;
receive, using the second network interface, third data indicative of communication resources associated with an uplink to the first satellite, wherein the third data is responsive to the second data; and
send, based on the third data, the first data using the second network interface.