Method and system for a mesh network based on availability of satellite reception assemblies

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10027403-B2
Application number	US-201715699081-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 8, 2017
Priority date	Feb 6, 2012
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

A satellite reception assembly that provides satellite television and/or radio service to a customer premises may comprise a wireless interface via which it can communicate with other satellite reception assemblies. Wireless connections between satellite reception assemblies may be utilized for providing satellite content between different satellite customer premises. Wireless connections between satellite reception assemblies may be utilized for offloading traffic from other network connections.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a first satellite reception assembly and a second satellite reception assembly, wherein
said first satellite reception assembly and said second satellite reception assembly are configured such that a satellite signal received via a satellite broadcast receiver of said first satellite reception assembly can be delivered to said second satellite reception assembly via a wireless connection, wherein:
said communication via said wireless connection is based, at least in part, on times at which said first satellite reception assembly has resources available for reception of said satellite signal on behalf of said second satellite reception assembly.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein delivery of said satellite signal over said wireless connection is triggered in response to degradation of received signal strength by said satellite broadcast receiver of said second satellite reception assembly.

3. A system comprising:
a first satellite reception assembly and a second satellite reception assembly, wherein
said first satellite reception assembly and said second satellite reception assembly are configured such that a satellite signal received via a satellite broadcast receiver of said first satellite reception assembly can be delivered to said second satellite reception assembly via a wireless connection, wherein:
said communication via said wireless connection is based, at least in part, on whether said second satellite reception assembly has a spare low noise block downconverter (LNB) path for reception of said satellite signal.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein delivery of said satellite signal over said wireless connection is triggered in response to a request by a client device for satellite content not carried in a satellite signal received via said satellite broadcast receiver of said second satellite reception assembly.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein said first satellite reception assembly and said second satellite reception assembly are configured such that data received from a client device via an interface of said first satellite reception assembly can be delivered to said second satellite reception assembly via said wireless connection.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein delivery of said data over said wireless connection is triggered in response to congestion of a broadband connection that serves said client device.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein delivery of said data over said wireless connection is triggered in response to a determination of resources available in said first satellite reception assembly.

8. The system of claim 5 , wherein delivery of said data over said wireless connection is triggered in response to a determination of resources available in said second satellite reception assembly.

9. The system of claim 5 , wherein delivery of said satellite signal over said direct wireless connection is triggered in response to a request by a second client device for satellite content not carried in a satellite signal received by said second satellite reception assembly.

10. A system comprising:
a first satellite reception assembly and a second satellite reception assembly, wherein
said first satellite reception assembly and said second satellite reception assembly are configured such that data received from a client device via an interface of said first satellite reception assembly can be delivered to said second satellite reception assembly via said wireless connection, wherein delivery of said data over said wireless connection is triggered in response to failure of a broadband connection that serves said client device.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein delivery of said data over said wireless connection is triggered in response to a determination of resources available in said first satellite reception assembly.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein delivery of said data over said wireless connection is triggered in response to a determination of resources available in said second satellite reception assembly.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein said first satellite reception assembly and said second satellite reception assembly are configured such that satellite television content received via a satellite broadcast receiver of said first satellite reception assembly can be delivered to said second satellite reception assembly via said wireless connection.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein delivery of said satellite television content over said wireless connection is triggered in response to degradation of received signal strength by said satellite broadcast receiver of said second satellite reception assembly.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein delivery of said satellite television content over said wireless connection is triggered in response to a determination of resources available in said first satellite reception assembly.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein delivery of said satellite television content over said wireless connection is triggered in response to a determination of resources available in said second satellite reception assembly.

17. The system of claim 13 , wherein delivery of said satellite television content over said wireless connection is triggered in response to a request by a second client device for satellite content not carried in a satellite signal received by said second satellite reception assembly.

Assignees

• Maxlinear Inc

Inventors

• Ling Curtis
• Gallagher Timothy
• Chang Glenn

Classifications

• H04N21/43637

  involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth®, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] (arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114) · CPC title

• H04J4/00

  Combined time-division and frequency-division multiplex systems (H04J13/00 takes precedence {; data transmission H04L5/26; telemetry G08C15/00}) · CPC title

• H04B7/18515 Primary

  Transmission equipment in satellites or space-based relays · CPC title

• H04N21/6193

  involving transmission via a satellite (arrangements for data linking, networking or transporting, or for controlling an end to end session in a satellite broadcast system H04B7/18526) · CPC title

• H04N21/4524

  involving the geographical location of the client (retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00) · CPC title