Patent ID: 6172972
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A method for encoding internet protocol (IP) data into a format for transmission over a satellite system, comprising the following steps:receiving an IP packet having an IP data block and header information;encoding the IP packet into a variable-length multi-packet transport (MPT) frame having a data frame and header information so that the data frame of the MPT frame comprises the IP packet; andencoding the variable-length MPT frame into a plurality of fixed-length MPT packets, each MPT packet having a data fragment block comprising at least a portion of the MPT frame and associated header information to designate what portion of the MPT frame is contained in the data fragment block, and wherein one of the plurality of MPT packets includes frame error correction information associated with the entire data frame within the variable-length MPT frame.