Space vehicle field unit and ground station system

US9478855B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC · US

Inventors

• Stephen Judd · Los Alamos, US
• Nicholas Dallmann · Los Alamos, US
• Jerry Delapp · Los Alamos, US
• Michael Proicou · Los Alamos, US
• Daniel Seitz · Altstätten, CH
• John Michel · Santa Fe, US
• Donald Enemark · Los Alamos, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 22, 2015
• Grant date: Oct 25, 2016
• Expiry date: Jun 22, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04B7/18517
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A field unit and ground station may use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components and share a common architecture, where differences in functionality are governed by software. The field units and ground stations may be easy to deploy, relatively inexpensive, and be relatively easy to operate. A novel file system may be used where datagrams of a file may be stored across multiple drives and/or devices. The datagrams may be received out of order and reassembled at the receiving device.