Patent ID: 11876598
Assignee: HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a satellite, a higher-order modulation forward feeder link, the higher-order modulation forward feeder link comprising a modulated first data stream and a modulated second data stream;
demodulating, by the satellite, the higher-order modulator forward feeder link into a raw bit stream;
separating, by the satellite, raw bit stream into a first bit stream and a second bit stream; and
modulating, by the satellite, the first bit stream into a first user equipment (UE) forward link having a first lower-order digital modulation scheme and the second bit stream into a second UE forward link having a second lower-order digital modulation scheme, wherein:
the higher-order modulation forward feeder link has a higher order digital modulation scheme the first lower-order digital modulation scheme and the second lower-order digital modulation scheme.