Patent SG-11201907274Q-A (SG)
Title: Ultra-low latency telecommunications system
Inventor: REED JAIME
IPC: H04B7/185
Filed: 2018-02-07
Abstract: 1 00 (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 16 August 2018 (16.08.2018) WIP0 I PCT omit IIl °nolo Holum Oil 100 oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/146164 Al (51) International Patent Classification: HO4B 7/185 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/EP2018/053109 (22) International Filing Date: 07 February 2018 (07.02.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 17275016.8 10 February 2017 (10.02.2017) EP (71) Applicant: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE LIMIT- ED [GB/GB]; Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage Hertford- shire SG1 2AS (GB). (72) Inventor: REED, Jaime; c/o Airbus Defence and Space Limited, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 2AS (GB). (74) Agent: HEWETT, Jonathan; Venner Shipley LLP, 200 Aldersgate, London EC1A 4HD (GB). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (54) Title: ULTRA-LOW LATENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FIGURE 1 (57) : According to the present invention, there is provided a signal routing method, performed by a processing module, for configuring transmission of a signal through a communications constellation comprising a plurality of assets, comprising: receiving an instruction to transmit a signal from a transmitter ground station associated with the processing module to a receiver ground sta- tion via the communications constellation, requesting and obtaining connection data from a network management module defining the available connections between assets in the communications constellation, determining, using the obtained connection data, a sequence of a plurality of assets representing an optimum route through the communications constellation for transmission of the signal from the transmitter ground station to the receiver ground station, and transmitting the signal from the processing module to the transmitter ground station for transmission to the first asset of the determined sequence of the plurality of assets, wherein the assets of the commu- [Continued on next page] WO 2018/146164 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREEMOMMIEMMINHIMMIE (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) — with amended claims (Art. 19(1)) nications constellation comprise satellites configured in a Low Earth Orbit, LEO, and/or high altitude platforms, HAPs, wherein the assets comprise inter-asset links operating in a repeater mode. Also provided are a telecommunications modem performing the signal routing method, an asset for use in the communications constellation, and a network management module.