-X}- : traffic from satellite terminal X to the server ={X+Y= : traffic from X and Y combined sent from the server to terminals X and Y +-----------+ +-----+ |Sat term A |--A}-+ | | +-----------+ | | | +---------+ +------+ ^^ +--| |--A}--| |--A}--|Coding| || | SAT |--B}--| Gateway |--B}--|Server| ===={A+B=========| |={A+B=| |={A+B=| | || | | +---------+ +------+ vv +--| | +-----------+ | | | |Sat term B |--B}-+ | | +-----------+ +-----+