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

Claim 7:
8. A Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) satellite system, comprising:
a satellite, comprising:
a memory storing:
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 include 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; and

at least one processor configured to receive a data packet for routing in the NGSO satellite system, and to identify a routing group of the plurality of routing groups assigned to the data packet,
wherein the at least one processor is configured to identify an active backbone route table from the plurality of backbone route tables in the routing group, and to forward the data packet to another satellite in the NGSO satellite system over 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.