H04B7/18523

Medium access control-control element delay for non-terrestrial network

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described and may include a user terminal and a satellite establishing a communication link over a channel having a channel delay and a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE) delay being determined based on the channel delay. The user terminal and the satellite may be within a non-terrestrial network (NTN). The user terminal may receive a MAC-CE command that indicates a communication parameter to be implemented or adjusted. The user terminal may transmit feedback, for example, to the satellite in response to the MAC-CE command, and the user terminal and the satellite may communicate according to the communication parameter in the MAC-CE command after an end of the MAC-CE delay.

Method for managing the telecommunication data traffic of a very high throughput satellite communication system
11336365 · 2022-05-17 · ·

A method for managing the telecommunication data traffic of a very high throughput satellite communication system wherein, for each satellite, the management of a so-called n+p site diversity and/or of a load diversity is implemented in a digital transparent processor in the satellite to guarantee the availability of the very high throughput communication system.

Dynamic selection of satellite attitude based on utilization or availability of terrestrial wireless communication network

A satellite having a set of antenna elements with predefined directions and beam angles is described. This satellite may dynamically select at least a given antenna element based at least in part on utilization and/or availability of a terrestrial wireless communication network used by an electronic device that communicates with the satellite. Moreover, the satellite may change its attitude based at least in part on the given antenna element, where the changed attitude positions a region in a predefined beam angle of the given antenna element. The satellite may dynamically select the region to which it transmits wireless signals. For example, the region may be selected based at least in part on weather conditions associated with the region and/or priority of content conveyed by the wireless signals. Alternatively, the satellite may receive information specifying the region, the utilization and/or the availability of the terrestrial wireless communication network in the region.

SATELLITE CELL RESELECTION CONTROL METHOD AND RELATED DEVICE
20220124581 · 2022-04-21 ·

Satellite cell reselection control methods and related devices are provided. One satellite cell reselection control method includes: determining a current location status of the user equipment; determining a satellite cell reselection control parameter set corresponding to the current location status; and the performing satellite cell reselection control of the user equipment based on the obtained satellite cell reselection control parameter set.

Learning-based space communications systems
11233561 · 2022-01-25 · ·

Methods and systems including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training and deploying machine-learned communication over RF channels. One of the methods includes: determining first information; generating a first RF signal by processing the first information using an encoder machine-learning network of the first transceiver; transmitting the first RF signal from the first transceiver to a communications satellite or ground station through a first communication channel; receiving, from the communications satellite or ground station through a second communication channel, a second RF signal at a second transceiver; generating second information as a reconstruction of the first information by processing the second RF signal using a decoder machine-learning network of the second transceiver; calculating a measure of distance between the second information and the first information; and updating at least one of the encoder machine-learning network of the first transceiver or the decoder machine-learning network of the second transceiver.

Messaging from an Orbital Base Station to Cellular User Equipment Applications with Message Processing Via a Card Operating System
20210360587 · 2021-11-18 ·

An electronic user device includes inclusion list storage with electronically readable memory, for storing an inclusion list and the inclusion list indicating included logical IDs. The device also has a security module app that receives a cellular broadcast message and extracts logical IDs therefrom. This processes a targeted cellular broadcast message embedded in the payload of the cellular broadcast message, based on whether a logical ID, also embedded in the payload, of the targeted cellular broadcast message is on the inclusion list. It then formats it for consumption by an electronic user device app that receives data via a data channel when available.

NETWORK ACCESS MANAGEMENT
20220014264 · 2022-01-13 ·

Within a satellite communications system, a base station communicates with standard compliant user equipment (UE) via a satellite having a field of view. The base station has a processor that instructs the satellite to generate a wide beam signal covering a plurality of cells in the field of view, and detects an access request from a user equipment within the plurality of cells over the wide beam signal. The base station, comprising a processing device such as an eNodeB, then generates one or more network broadcast/access signals that is uplink to a satellite and broadcasted via one or more nominal beams generated by the satellite, covering all the inactive cells, one of the plurality of cells having the access request.

Combined cross-link and communication-link phased array for satellite communication
11223126 · 2022-01-11 · ·

An apparatus includes a cross-link phased array and a communication-link phased array. The cross-link phased array and the communication-link phased array are integrated into a single array. The cross-link phased array and communication-link phased array comprise a multi-beam phased array. The cross-link phased array provides communication between multiple space vehicles and the communication-link phased array provides communication between the satellite and the ground GPS system.

System, control device, and module

There is provided a system including: a control device mounted on an aircraft and configured to control the aircraft, the aircraft having a battery, and a wireless device configured to use power stored in the battery to provide a wireless communication service to a user terminal; and a module that is physically attachable to and detachable from the control device, in which the control device has a housing that includes a module attachment and detachment unit, and an electrical connection unit configured to electrically connect the module to the battery when the module is attached to the module attachment and detachment unit, and the module has, a power receiving unit configured to receive power from the battery, and a communication processing unit configured to use the power received by the power receiving unit to communicate with the wireless device.

SCHEMES ON EPOCH TIME INDICATION IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK

Apparatus and methods are provided for determining epoch time in an NTN system resolving the SFN wrapping issue. In one novel aspect, the UE obtains epoch time information, determines the epoch-time SFN by selecting one SFN instance with the SFN value indicated in the epoch time information based on one or more epoch-time rules, wherein the epoch-time rules resolve epoch-time SFN ambiguity indicated by the received epoch time information, and derives the epoch time based on the determined epoch-time SFN. In one embodiment, the epoch-time SFN is determined based on the receiving-SFN/SIBx and the SFN value of the epoch-time. The epoch-time SFN is a current or next upcoming SFN with the epoch-time SFN value after the receiving-SFN. The epoch-time SFN is a nearest SFN to the receiving-SFN with the epoch-time SFN value.