Virtual network operator system, method and apparatus
US7493081B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 16, 2004 |
| Grant date | Feb 17, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 9, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B7/18597
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communication system, method, computer program product, and apparatus include common equipment shared between multiple independently administered networks. The common equipment is reconfigurable and expandable and provides changed communication capacity and functions when additional elements are added or reconfigured. Configurable features include, for example, communication bandwidth, Quality of Service, and a number of communication satellites included in the communication system. The common equipment includes expandable elements including, for example, a single hub modem chassis that can expand to communicate with more than one communication satellite and a protocol processor that can share a protocol processing task with another protocol processors.
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