Patent ID: 9503176
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A communication system comprising: a source ground station; a constellation of communication devices comprising groups of communication devices orbiting earth, each group having an orbital path or trajectory different from another group, a first communication device of a first group of communication devices in communication with the source ground station and receiving a communication from the source ground station; a linking-gateway in communication with at least the first group of communication devices and a second group of communication devices, the linking-gateway receiving the communication from the first group of communication devices and sending the communication to a second communication device of the second group of communication devices; a destination ground station in communication with the second group of communication devices, the destination ground station receiving the communication from a communication device of the second group of communication devices; and a data processing device configured to determine a communication path for the communication based on a border gateway protocol that requires: