Patent ID: 7085288

Claim:
A communication system for maximizing an efficiency of the delivery of information content to a mobile platform from a base station, via a space-based component, and wherein said base station is in communication with a content source, said system comprising: a router comprising a plurality of buffers for temporarily storing packets of said information content to be transmitted to said mobile platform, each of said packets being identified by an identifier which indicates which one of said mobile platforms it is directed to; and a system for monitoring each of said buffers and for selecting a transmission scheme, when any one of said buffers has available capacity, that increases the utilization of said buffers and increases the probability that all of said information content will be received by said mobile platform requesting same, said information content to be received by said mobile platform being determined by an input applied remotely to said mobile platform, said input communicated through said content source and including a specific type of data content and a level of quality of service.