Patent ID: 7327989

Claim:
A two-way VSAT satellite communication system comprising: at least one satellite Multicast transponder and at least one satellite Unicast transponder; a first fixed location VSAT terminal, having at least one Unicast receiver dedicated to receiving Unicast transmissions via at least one dedicated Unicast channel and at least one Multicast receiver dedicated to receiving Multicast transmissions via at least one dedicated Multicast channel co-located with the first fixed location VSAT terminal; a second fixed location VSAT terminal, disposed at a remote location from the first fixed location VSAT terminal, having at least one Unicast receiver dedicated to receiving Unicast transmissions via at least one dedicated Unicast channel and at least one Multicast receiver dedicated to receiving Multicast transmissions via at least one dedicated Multicast channel co-located with the second fixed location VSAT terminal; a first Unicast channel for transmission from said at least one satellite Unicast transponder to said first fixed location VSAT terminal; a second Unicast channel for transmission from said at least one satellite Unicast transponder to said second fixed location VSAT terminal; and at least one Multicast channel for transmission from said at least one satellite Multicast transponder to said first fixed location VSAT terminal and to said second fixed location VSAT.