Inventors:
Mark J. Miller - Vista CA, US
Sanford Leong - Encinitas CA, US
Assignee:
ViaSat, Inc. - Carlsbad CA
International Classification:
H03M 13/05
G06F 11/10
Abstract:
A method for dividing a total number of decoders among decoder queues of codewords of different sizes, the codewords transmitted on return communication links from data terminals to a gateway of a satellite communications system, includes for each of K groups, allocating a respective number of decoders dedicated to decoding codewords of a particular size, where K is a number of different sizes of codewords, and the respective number of decoders is allocated from the total number of decoders and allocated in proportion to current offered load of codewords of the particular size.