Patent ID: 7961666

Claim:
A method for transmitting one or more packets via a satellite to a selected user terminal of a plurality of user terminals, the method comprising: receiving information corresponding to a reception quality from the satellite for the selected user terminal, the information transmitted from the selected user terminal; utilizing the received information to identify a modulation and coding format for a transmission via the satellite to the selected user terminal, the identified modulation and coding format selected from a plurality of modulation and coding formats; associating the modulation and coding format with the one or more packets addressed to the selected user terminal, the association responsive to the identification of the modulation and coding format; generating a frame for transmitting the one or more packets to the selected user terminal via the satellite, wherein generating the frame comprises: generating a frame header identifying a size associated with a payload portion of the frame, identifying the modulation and coding format, and identifying a start of frame location; and encapsulating the one or more packets addressed to the selected user terminal within the payload portion of the frame; and transmitting the generated frame, the payload portion transmitted according to the modulation and coding format to the selected user terminal.