Patent ID: 7372824

Claim:
A satellite receiver in a satellite based IP communication system, comprising: an Ethernet/router card configured to be removably inserted into a slot of the satellite receiver, said card comprising: a receiver backplane interface, wherein the backplane interface provides the card with a clock and a packetized TCP/IP data stream; a depacketizer configured to receive as input the packetized TCP/IP data stream and to output TCP/IP packets and data; a TCP/IP address filter configured to receive as input the TCP/IP packets and data from the depacketizer, and to: (i) output the TCP/IP packets and data, and (ii) route selected TCP/IP packets as in-band signaling data; an Ethernet transmitter configured to receive the TCP/IP packets and data as input from the TCP/IP address filter; an in-band signaling address filter configured to receive as input the in-band signaling data from the TCP/IP address filter and to route selected packets as commands; and a command processor configured to receive as input the commands routed by the in-band signaling address filter.