Patent ID: 7213080

Claim:
A system for providing a communication interface between a satellite network and a terrestrial network, comprising: a gateway coupled to receive and transmit data between said satellite network and said terrestrial network, said gateway comprising a plurality of channel units; and a control module, comprising means for monitoring signal quality of at least one of transmitted data and received data, operative to determine whether said signal quality is less than a predetermined standard and to select at least one of said channel units to implement at least one algorithm in accordance with channel quality; further comprising: a microprocessor coupled to the control module that stores traffic information and performs statistical analysis and diagnostic activity in accordance with said traffic information; and a data storage device coupled to the microprocessor and configured to serve as a local resource manager that supports a network control center through exchange of said traffic information; wherein said statistical analysis generates statistics on at least one of (a) power vs. time for a specified beam, (b) power vs. time vs. beam number for a specified frequency and (c) power vs. time vs. location for a specified frequency and a specified beam, wherein said satellite network comprises multiple beams on a service link.