Patent ID: 9036537
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A method for formatting a physical layer frame by a gateway, the method comprising: identifying, at the gateway, a modulation and coding format for data to be transmitted to a terminal via a bent-pipe satellite, the format dynamically assigned based at least in part on link conditions of the terminal; determining, by the gateway, an increased bandwidth requirement for the terminal; increasing, by the gateway, a proportion of physical layer frames based on the determined increased bandwidth requirement including a sub-channel identifier associated with the terminal; determining a block size for a payload data portion of the physical layer frame utilizing the coding format, the block size configured to produce a duration of the physical layer frame of substantially equal duration in reference to adjacent physical layer frames and encapsulating an amount of data of the block size to produce the payload data portion of the physical layer frame including a header with the sub-channel identifier formatted to direct first physical layer frame to the terminal.