METHOD FOR BIDIRECTIONAL IP COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A GROUND TERMINAL AND A RADIO TERMINAL OF A SATELLITE WITH THE INTERPOSITION OF A SPACE-BASED INTERNET SYSTEM.
The invention relates to a method for communication between a ground terminal (2) on the earth's surface and a satellite (1), wherein the ground terminal (2) and a radio terminal (7) of the satellite (1) are set up for IP-based communication. The communication proceeds such that one or more IP-based protocols are used with the interposition of a space-based Internet system (3) to transmit control commands (CO, CO') for one or more modules (4, 5) of the satellite (1) from the ground terminal (2) to the radio terminal (7), which receives the control commands (CO, CO') by radio from the space-based Internet system (3) and forwards them to the module(s) (4, 5). Alternatively or additionally, module data (DA), which come from one or more modules (4, 5) of the satellite (1), are transmitted from the radio terminal (7) to the ground terminal (2), with the radio terminal (7) sending the module data (DA, DA') by radio to the space-based Internet system (3).
