Patent ID: 11963059
Assignee: HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A system for uninterrupted communications in a hybrid satellite network, comprising:
a multipath manager having a processor;
a memory that stores instructions that are executed by the processor to:
communicate, from a server device, with a first gateway and a first satellite, wherein the first satellite is a non-geostationary (NGSO) type satellite or a geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO) type satellite, the first server device being associated with a hybrid satellite communication system that includes both NGSO and GEO type satellites, the first server device coordinating handoffs between NGSO type satellites and GEO type satellites of the hybrid satellite system;
receive, from the first gateway, a handoff request, wherein the handoff request comprises information associated with a second satellite, wherein the second satellite is a NGSO type satellite or a GEO type satellite, and wherein the first satellite and second satellite are different types;
buffer, based on the information associated with the second satellite, the communications with the first gateway and the first satellite; and
execute the handoff from the first satellite to the second satellite.