Patent ID: 7079505
Filing Date: 2006-07-18
Classification: H04B,H04H

Abstract:
1. A satellite communication data delivery method in which data is delivered from a master station to a plurality of slave stations via a satellite, the method comprising: at the master station, transmitting delivery data with an appended packet identifier to all of the plurality of the slave stations over a packet exchanging system communication channel via the satellite; at the slave stations, receiving the delivery data, and requesting by at least one designated slave station having a same packet identifier as that appended to the delivery data over an uplink control channel via the satellite assignment of a dedicated communication channel during or on completion of the receiving of the delivery data; at the master station, transmitting to the at least one designated slave station information of assignment of the dedicated communication channel, wherein the transmitted information of assignment of the dedicated communication channel is via the packet exchanging system communication channel; and at the at least one designated slave station, transmitting response data to the master station over the dedicated communication channel assigned to the designated slave station.