Patent ID: 7804796

Claim:
A system for transmitting and receiving satellite channel information, comprising: a transmitter configured to generate multiple RF satellite signals at different frequencies, each of said multiple RF satellite signals comprising data frames comprising data slots and frame synchronization symbols, insert said frame synchronization symbols of said multiple RF satellite signals at different times, and position said data slots in said data frames relative to said frame synchronization symbols, wherein said satellite channel information is in the form of an erasure code and transmitted in multiple packets; said transmitter configured to transmit said generated multiple RF satellite signals at different frequencies; and a receiver configured to receive said multiple RF satellite signals at different frequencies, monitor said designated slot in the received multiple RF satellite signals, extract satellite channel information from said monitored, designated slot, and transmit satellite channel information to users of said receiver, wherein said receiver reconstructs a message sent using said erasure code in said multiple packets regardless of an order in which said multiple packets are received.