Patent ID: 8520590

Claim:
A system for in-band backhaul of wireless communication, comprising: a central base station configured to receive a first service flow configured to provide a first Quality of Service (QoS) and a second service flow configured to provide a second Quality of Service (QoS); combine the first service flow and the second service flow into a backhaul service flow configured to provide a backhaul QoS that meets at least the first QoS requirements and the second QoS requirements; distribute the backhaul service flow into a downlink frame; and transmit the downlink frame to a satellite base station, wherein the downlink frame comprises an access region and a backhaul region, the access region comprises an access map configured to define portions of the downlink frame, where the access map is transmitted using a default modulation and coding scheme for transmitting access map data, and the backhaul region comprises a backhaul map configured to define a plurality of data structures in the backhaul region, where the backhaul service flow is distributed into the plurality of data structures and the backhaul region is transmitted using a modulation and coding scheme based on conditions of the communication link between the central base station and the satellite base station.