Patent ID: 9094090
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: G06F,H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a terminal of a satellite communication system, a first request from a user device coupled to the terminal; forwarding the first request to a hub included in the satellite communication system; determining that a first object associated with the first request is stored in a cache that is detachably inserted into the terminal; retrieving the first object from the cache; receiving, at the terminal and over a satellite link, any of a unicast transmission and a multicast transmission each comprising one or more objects associated with the first request, wherein receiving the multicast transmission comprises: storing at least one object of the one or more objects received over the satellite link in the cache; and sending the first object and the one or more objects received over the satellite link to the user device.