Patent ID: 9654206
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for satellite communication, comprising: receiving, at a satellite, waveforms associated with one or more uplinks between the satellite and at least one terminal; storing, temporarily in one or more uplink memories of a waveform store and forward (WSAF) module of the satellite, the received waveforms; separating, with the WSAF module of the satellite, waveforms of data and waveforms of control information from within the stored waveforms based on uplink channel time slots; forwarding, to one or more downlink memories within the WSAF module of the satellite, the waveforms of data on a time slot by time slot basis for one or more downlinks between the satellite and one or more terminals; forwarding the waveforms of control information on a time slot by time slot basis to a satellite control unit; dynamically altering uplink signal robustness and rate based on uplink measurements provided by the satellite control unit; dynamically altering downlink signal robustness and rate based on downlink measurements provided by the satellite control unit; and dynamically varying a playback rate of the waveforms of data for downlink based on the downlink measurements.