Patent ID: 11968700
Assignee: VIASAT INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
identifying first forward link data streams associated with the plurality of fixed terminals and second forward link data streams associated with the plurality of mobile devices;
transmitting, to the plurality of fixed terminals, a fifth allocation of resources that allocates a first portion of forward link beam resources of a forward link satellite beam of the multi-beam satellite communications system for a third time period;
transmitting, to the plurality of mobile devices, a sixth allocation of resources that allocates a second portion of forward link beam resources of the forward link satellite beam for the third time period;
transmitting, to the plurality of fixed terminals, a seventh allocation of resources that allocates a third portion of forward link beam resources of the forward link satellite beam for a fourth time period; and
transmitting, to the plurality of mobile devices, a fourth allocation of resources that allocates a fourth portion of forward link beam resources of the forward link satellite beam for the fourth time period.