APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT TDMA BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION FOR TCP/IP SATELLITE-BASED NETWORKS - Patent 1221211

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EP 1 221 211 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	10.05.2002

(43)	Date of publication:
	10.07.2002 Bulletin 2002/28

(21)	Application number: 01918285.6

(22)	Date of filing: 01.03.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H04B 7/185

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0106/563

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0169/813 (20.09.2001 Gazette 2001/38)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

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Priority:

10.03.2000 US 188375 P
27.11.2000 US 722930

(71)	Applicant: Hughes Electronics Corporation
	El Segundo,California 90245-0956 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	KELLY, Frank, M., Jr. Walkersville, MD 21793 (US) KEPLEY, W., Robert Gaithersburg, MD 20879 (US) KAY, Stanley, E. Rockville, MD 20853 (US)

(74)	Representative: Jackson, Richard Eric et al
	Carpmaels & Ransford,43 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)

(54)	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT TDMA BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION FOR TCP/IP SATELLITE-BASED NETWORKS