Patent ID: 6993008
Filing Date: 2006-01-31
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. 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 N-byte IP data block, an A-byte transport protocol header, and a B-byte IP header; constructing a variable-length multi-packet transport (MPT) frame having an M-byte data payload and a C-byte header; inserting the entire (N+A+B)-byte IP packet into the M-byte data payload of the MPT frame; and constructing from the (M+C)-byte MPT frame one or more fixed-size multi-byte MPT packets, each MPT packet having at least one header to designate what portion of the MTP frame is contained in the MPT packet.