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(43) Date of publication: 18.12.2019 Bulletin 2019/51 (21) Application number: 18714641.0 (22) Date of filing: 12.02.2018

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  H04W 68/00(2009.01) H04B 7/185(2006.01) H04L 29/06(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2018/017888 (87) International publication number: WO 2018/148696 (16.08.2018 Gazette 2018/33)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: MA MD TN (30) Priority: 10.02.2017 US 201762457497 P (71) Applicant: Hughes Network Systems, LLC Germantown, MD 20876 (US)	(72) Inventors: ZAKARIA, Gaguk College Park, MD 20740 (US) RAVISHANKAR, Channasandra Clarksburg, MD 20871 (US) (74) Representative: Piotrowicz, Pawel Jan Andrzej et al Venner Shipley LLP Byron House Cambridge Business Park Cowley Road Cambridge CB4 0WZ Cambridge CB4 0WZ (GB)