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

Claim 14:
15. A Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) satellite system, comprising:
a satellite, comprising:
a memory storing:
a plurality of routing groups that each define different packet routing options for the satellite, wherein each of the routing groups includes at least one backbone route table that implements one of the different packet routing options using a snapshot of a time-varying backbone topology of the NGSO satellite system routable by the satellite; and
at least one processor configured to receive a plurality of data packets for users directly connected to other satellites of the NGSO satellite system, to identify the routing groups assigned to the data packets, and to differentially route the data packets to the other satellites using the at least one backbone route table in different routing groups.