System and method for compensating for a satellite gateway failure

摘要

The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for compensating for a satellite gateway failure. There is provided a system comprising a first satellite gateway, and a second satellite gateway (14) coupled to the first satellite gateway and configured to automatically redistribute transponders assigned to the first satellite gateway to create a new transponder allocation if the first satellite gateway fails.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a first and second satellite gateway, each of the first and second satellite gateways configured to receive a predetermined maximum number of transponders and provide a plurality of television related services to a plurality of set top boxes; the first satellite gateway coupled to the second satellite gateway and configured to track transponder usage by the set top boxes to determine the television related services most requested by the set top boxes and to share the transponder usage with the second satellite gateway; and the second satellite gateway configured to automatically redistribute transponders assigned to the first satellite gateway, based on the transponder usage to cover the most used transponders in order of their use, to create a new transponder allocation if the first satellite gateway fails.