Patent ID: 11949494
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method operable by a satellite of a Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) satellite system, the method comprising:
receiving a plurality of routing groups that each define packet routing options for the satellite that are different, wherein each of the plurality of routing groups includes a plurality of backbone route tables comprising snapshots of a time-varying backbone topology of the NGSO satellite system that implement one of the packet routing options;
receiving a data packet for routing in the NGSO satellite system;
identifying a routing group of the plurality of routing groups assigned to the data packet;
identifying an active backbone route table from the plurality of backbone route tables in the routing group; and
forwarding the data packet to another satellite in the NGSO satellite system utilizing at least one of an intra-orbit link and an inter-orbit link based on the active backbone route table to implement one of the packet routing options for the data packet.