Optimization of communications in a low earth orbit (LEO) satellite network

    公开(公告)号:US11800422B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-24

    申请号:US17390445

    申请日:2021-07-30

    CPC classification number: H04W36/30 H04B7/18521 H04B7/18541 H04L45/50

    Abstract: In one embodiment, an earthbound transceiver in a low earth orbit (LEO) satellite network establishes a connection with a first LEO satellite from a first set of LEO satellites. The first set of LEO satellites are distributed across a first plurality of orbits including first neighboring LEO satellites of the first LEO satellite, and the first neighboring LEO satellites have a fixed or semi-fixed position relative to the first LEO satellite. The earthbound transceiver determines first signal strength values associated with the first set of LEO satellites and second signal strength values associated with a second set of LEO satellites. The earthbound transceiver then periodically compares the first signal strength values to the second signal strength values. At an optimal handoff time, the earthbound transceiver initiates the handoff operation from the first LEO satellite to a second LEO satellite from the second set of LEO satellites.

    Packet processing method, apparatus, system, and device, and storage medium

    公开(公告)号:US11799769B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-24

    申请号:US17720830

    申请日:2022-04-14

    Inventor: Jingrong Xie

    CPC classification number: H04L45/42 H04L45/24 H04L45/50 H04L45/655

    Abstract: A packet processing method includes a first network device receiving a first Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) packet including a first BIER header. When the first BIER packet is a packet sent to a second network device, and in response to determining that the second network device is an edge node device in a BIER communication network and does not support BIER packet forwarding, the first network device determines a target label used for a reverse path forwarding (RPF) check, updates the first BIER packet to obtain a second BIER packet, where the second BIER packet includes the target label but does not include the first BIER header, and sends the second BIER packet to the second network device.

    Packet Processing Method and Apparatus
    58.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230318970A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-05

    申请号:US18332287

    申请日:2023-06-09

    CPC classification number: H04L45/50 H04L45/34 H04L69/22

    Abstract: A packet processing method includes carrying an associated channel in an IPv6 packet to provide different types of control channels. The associated channel may be transmitted together with user data. Each type of control channel carries at least one type of control and management message, and one type of control and management message may implement one type of control and management function. For example, if a plurality of control and management functions need to be implemented for the IPv6 network, a plurality of different types of control and management messages may all be carried by using the associated channel, without using a plurality of protocols to carry the plurality of types of control and management messages.

    SEGMENT ROUTING-BASED MPLS PACKET FORWARDING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20230308388A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-28

    申请号:US18125843

    申请日:2023-03-24

    CPC classification number: H04L45/507 H04L45/74

    Abstract: A segment routing-based MPLS packet forwarding method and a device thereof are proposed. The method includes establishing a forwarding path in a Multiple Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network by receiving a packet, checking whether processing of a size of a label stack related to each node included in the forwarding path is available or not in each node, generating a first MPLS packet by adding an MPLS header having the label stack to the packet in response to availability of the processing, and generating a second MPLS packet by adding an extension header having the label stack and by adding an MPLS header having a part of the label stack allocated according to the label stack size processable by each node to the packet in response to unavailability of the processing.

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