Patent ID: 6463260
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
A method of delivering data from a transmission station to receiver stations via satellite communication links, comprising the steps of:a) delivering delivery data from the transmission station to the receiver stations via the satellite communication links; b) checking if the delivery data is successfully received at each of the receiver stations; c) sending results of the check from the receiver stations to the transmission station; d) generating control data from the results of the check at the transmission station, the control data indicating which receiver station failed to receive the delivery data and which receiver station succeeded in receiving the delivery data; e) sending the control data from the transmission station to the receiver stations; and f) transferring the delivery data in response to the control data from a first one of the receiver stations having succeeded in receiving the delivery data to a second one of the receiver stations having failed to receive the delivery data.