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A satellite terminal and a machine-implemented method are provided for encoding a burst header of a burst for transmission on an inroute. One component of a group of satellite terminal components consisting of an ASIC, a FPGA, and a DSP, generates a burst header having five information bits encoded

A satellite terminal and a machine-implemented method are provided for encoding a burst header of a burst for transmission on an inroute. One component of a group of satellite terminal components consisting of an ASIC, a FPGA, and a DSP, generates a burst header having five information bits encoded therein. The five information bits may be encoded using a Reed-Muller code, a (32, 5) block code or a convolutional code having a code rate of either 1/5 or 1/10. The five information bits may represent one or more of a modulation type for a payload of the burst, a code rate for encoding the payload, a code type, and a spreading factor for spreading the payload during transmission. A satellite gateway and a machine-implemented method are also provided for decoding a burst header of a burst received on an inroute as described above.

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1. A machine-implemented method for encoding a burst header of a burst to be transmitted on an inroute from a satellite terminal, the machine-implemented method comprising: generating, by an application specific integrated circuit of a satellite terminal, a burst header, the burst header having enco

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A machine-implemented method for encoding a burst header of a burst to be transmitted on an inroute from a satellite terminal, the machine-implemented method comprising: generating, by an application specific integrated circuit of a satellite terminal, a burst header, the burst header having encoded therein, via a (16, 5) Reed-Muller code, a (32, 5) block code or a convolutional code having a code rate of either 1/5 or 1/10, five information bits representing a modulation type for modulating a payload of the burst, a code rate for the payload, a spreading factor for the payload and a code type for encoding the payload;providing the burst, including the burst header and the payload to a modulator;modulating the burst header via a binary phase shift keying modulation;modulating the payload data via a modulation matching the modulation type encoded within the burst header; andtransmitting the modulated burst header and the modulated payload data, the modulated payload data having a first code rate matching the code rate encoded within the burst header. 2. The machine-implemented method of claim 1, wherein: the modulated payload data is transmitted using a first spreading factor matching the spreading factor represented by the five information bits. 3. The machine-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising: encoding the payload data via a first code type matching the code type represented by the five information bits. 4. The machine-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the modulating the burst header via a binary phase shift keying modulation comprises: modulating the burst header via a π2 shifted binary phase shift keying modulation. 5. The machine-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising: encoding the five information bits of the burst header using the (32, 5) block code. 6. The machine-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising: encoding the five information bits of the burst header using the (16, 5) Reed-Muller code to generate a 16 bit codeword which is repeated once to produce 32 bits of the burst header. 7. The machine-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the generating the burst header further comprises: encoding the five information bits of the burst header using the convolutional code to produce a 50 bit codeword. 8. The machine-implemented method of claim 7, wherein tail bits are not transmitted. 9. The machine-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising: mapping bits of the encoded five information bits of the burst header to respective symbols according to a desired modulation type for the payload, the desired modulation type being a modulation type selected from a group consisting of an offset quadrature phase shift keying modulation type, an 8 phase shift keying modulation type, and a 16 amplitude and phase shift keying modulation type, whereinas a result of the mapping bits, an effective modulation type for the burst header is a π2 shifted binary phase shift keying modulation type. 10. The machine-implemented method of claim 1, wherein when the burst header is encoded by the convolutional code having the code rate of 1/5, the encoded burst header includes a 25 bit codeword which is repeated once, thereby producing 50 bits included in the encoded burst header. 11. A machine-implemented method for decoding a burst header of a burst, the machine-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a satellite gateway, the burst including the burst header and encoded payload data;demodulating, by the satellite gateway, the burst header having been modulated using a predefined phase shift keying modulation type;decoding the burst header by the satellite gateway, the burst header having five information bits encoded therein via a (16, 5) Reed-Muller code, a (32, 5) block code or a convolutional code having a code rate of either 1/5 or 1/10, the five information bits representing, with respect to payload data, a modulation type, a first code rate, a spreading factor for the payload data and a code type for encoding the payload data; anddemodulating the encoded payload data modulated using the modulation type, the encoded payload data having been encoded at the first code rate. 12. The machine-implemented method of claim 11, further comprising: decoding the encoded payload data according to an encoding method having the first code rate represented by the five information bits encoded in the burst header. 13. The machine-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the decoding the burst header further comprises decoding the burst header, based on the (16, 5) Reed-Muller code to produce the five information bits. 14. The machine-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the decoding the burst header further comprises decoding a 50 bit codeword, encoded by using the convolutional code, to encode the five information bits. 15. The machine-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the decoding the burst header further comprises: combining two sets of 25 bits of the burst header into one set of 25 bits; anddecoding the one set of 25 bits of the burst header, encoded using the convolutional code, to produce the five information bits. 16. A satellite terminal comprising: one component selected from a group of components consisting of an application specific integrated circuit, a field programmable gate array, and a digital signal processor, the one component being arranged to generate a burst header for a burst, the burst header having encoded therein, via a (16, 5) Reed-Muller code, a (32, 5) block code or a convolutional code having a code rate of either 1/5 or 1/10, and five information bits representing a modulation type for a payload of the burst, a code rate for the payload, a spreading factor for the payload and a code type for encoding the payload;a modulator arranged to receive the burst including the burst header and the payload, modulate the burst header via a binary phase shift keying modulation, and modulate the payload via a modulation matching the modulation type encoded within the burst header; anda transmitter arranged to transmit the modulated burst header and the modulated payload, the modulated payload having been encoded at a first code rate matching the code rate encoded within the burst header. 17. The satellite terminal of claim 16, wherein: the transmitter is further arranged to spread the modulated payload by a first spreading factor matching the spreading factor represented by the five information bits. 18. The satellite terminal of claim 16, wherein: the one component is further arranged to encode the payload using a first code type matching the code type represented by the five information bits. 19. The satellite terminal of claim 16, wherein the one component is further arranged to encode the five information bits of the burst header using either the (16,5) Reed-Muller code to generate a 16 bit codeword which is repeated once to produce 32 bits included in the burst header, or the (32, 5) block code to produce a 32 bit codeword. 20. The satellite terminal of claim 16, wherein the one component is further arranged to encode the five information bits of the burst header using the convolutional code to produce either a 50 bit codeword or a 25 bit codeword which is repeated once to produce 50 bits included in the burst header.