# US 12,010,575 B2 · Communications with non-terrestrial networks > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,010,575 B2 - Document ID: US12010575B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/268,086 - Filed: 2019-08-15 - Published: 2021-10-21 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2018-08-20 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Applicants: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Vivek Sharma; Yuxin Wei; Hideji Wakabayashi; Samuel Asangbeng Atungsiri - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12010575B2 ## CPC - H04B 7/18504: {Aircraft used as relay or high altitude atmospheric platform} - H04W 36/0061: {of neighbour cell information} - H04W 36/08: Reselecting an access point - H04W 36/322: {by location data} - H04W 48/16: Discovering, processing access restriction or access information - H04W 16/28: using beam steering - H04W 36/0085: {Hand-off measurements} - H04W 48/12: using downlink control channel - H04W 76/27: Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states - H04W 84/005: {Moving wireless networks} - H04W 84/06: Airborne or Satellite Networks (space-based or airborne stations H04B7/185) - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A method for an infrastructure equipment of a wireless communications network, the method comprising receiving a request to establish a connection from a communications device in a first cell; and in response to receiving the request, selecting a second cell to be a next serving cell for the communications device and transmitting an indication of an identity of the second cell to the communications device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for an infrastructure equipment of a wireless communications network, comprising: receiving a request to enter a connected mode from a communications device in a first cell; and in response to receiving the request, selecting, independently of a time at which cell reselection is to occur, a second cell to be a next serving cell for the communications device based on at least a direction of movement of the communications device, and transmitting an indication of an identity of the second cell to the communications device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, comprising: transmitting, with the indication of the identity of the second cell, parameters associated with one or more bearers to be established for the communications device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, comprising: in response to receiving the request, determining a cell change time or a cell change time window when the communications device is to select the second cell as its serving cell; and transmitting, with the indication of the identity of the second cell, an indication of the cell change time or the cell change time window. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, comprising: determining a location and the direction of movement of the communications device, wherein the second cell is selected based on the determined location and the direction of movement. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, comprising: in response to receiving the request, selecting a third cell to be a serving cell for the communications device, the third cell to be the serving cell for the communications device after the second cell, and transmitting with the indication of the identity of the second cell an indication of the identity of the third cell to the communications device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the first cell is generated by a spot beam of a non-terrestrial network part forming an area within which radio signals can be transmitted to and received by the non-terrestrial network part or transmitted from the non-terrestrial network part and received within the area formed by the spot beam. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the indication of the identity of the second cell is transmitted within a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the request to enter the connected mode comprises a request to establish an RRC connection. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the request to enter the connected mode comprises a request to resume an RRC connection. ### Claim 10 A method for a communications device in a wireless communications network, comprising: transmitting in a first cell a request to enter a connected mode to an infrastructure equipment of the wireless communications network; transmitting at least a direction of movement of the communications device to the infrastructure equipment; and receiving an indication of an identity of a second cell to be a next serving cell for the communications device, the indication of the identity of the second cell transmitted the infrastructure equipment in response to receiving the request, is based on the direction of movement of the communications device, and is independent of a time at which cell reselection is to occur. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, comprising: receiving, with the indication of the identity of the second cell, parameters associated with one or more bearers to be established for the communications device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, comprising: receiving, with the indication of the identity of the second cell, an indication of a cell change time or a cell change time window when the communications device is to select the second cell as its serving cell. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, comprising determining a location of the communications device, and before receiving the indication of the identity of the second cell, transmitting an indication of the determined location to the infrastructure equipment. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, comprising: receiving from the infrastructure equipment, with the indication of the identity of the second cell, an indication of an identity of a third cell to be a serving cell for the communications device, the third cell to be the serving cell for the communications device after the second cell. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the first cell is generated by a spot beam of a non-terrestrial network part. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the indication of the identity of the second cell is transmitted within a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the request to enter the connected mode comprises a request to establish an RRC connection. ### Claim 18 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the request to enter the connected mode comprises a request to resume an RRC connection.