Patent ID: 8805390
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A monitor and control unit associated with a land-based controller and a plurality of satellites, where each satellite has a satellite region within which there is provided voice and data capabilities to one or more mobile vessels located in the respective satellite region, and where each mobile vessel has a mobile-based controller, the monitor and control unit is configured to: store location information for each satellite region; receive location information for each mobile vessel; analyze the location information for each mobile vessel and the location information for each satellite region to determine a number of mobile vessels located in each satellite region; determine an available transport bandwidth for each mobile vessel in each satellite region; and interface with each mobile-based controller located on each mobile vessel through the land-based controller to dynamically configure each mobile-based controller to support a predetermined number of voice calls and a predetermined bit rate for data communications based on the respective available transport bandwidth that was determined for the respective mobile vessel.