Cellular core network and radio access network infrastructure and management in space
AssigneeLynk Global, Inc.
InventorsTyghe Robert Speidel, Charles E. Miller
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Abstract
A cellular network management system manages terrestrial base station communications and orbital base station communications with user equipment to provide wireless service and allocate links among terrestrial base stations and orbital base stations according to base station availability determined from state space predictions.
Claims22
An itinerary generator, for use in a cellular network having a plurality of base stations, at least one of which is a terrestrial base station and at least one of which is an orbital base station, the itinerary generator comprising:
- a first generator for generating spacecraft itineraries;
- a second generator for generating satellite function itineraries;
- a state space database that stores itineraries comprising the spacecraft itineraries and the satellite function itineraries;
- a network planner computer that stores positions for base stations and outputs coverage representations indicating which orbital base station provides coverage for which regions in a coverage area, based on the state space database, for connections with user equipment (UE) mobile devices and for handovers between orbital base stations wherein such handovers are transparent to the user equipment (UE) mobile devices;
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- a database distributor that distributes copies of the state space database to each of a plurality of spacecraft network nodes.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, which when executed by at least one processor of a computer system, causes the computer system to:
- generate spacecraft itineraries for use in a cellular network having a plurality of base stations, at least one of which is a terrestrial base station and at least one of which is an orbital base station;
- generate satellite function itineraries;
- store itineraries comprising the spacecraft itineraries and the satellite function itineraries into a state space database comprising a plurality of state space records including a state space record;
- generate coverage representations, wherein a coverage representation of the coverage representation represents positions for base stations of the plurality of base stations including a static position for the terrestrial base station and/or indications of which orbital base station of the plurality of base stations provides coverage for which regions in a coverage area based on the state space database, for connections with user equipment (UE) mobile devices and for handovers between orbital base stations wherein such handovers are transparent to the user equipment (UE) mobile devices;
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- distribute copies of the state space database to spacecraft network nodes corresponding to orbital base stations of the plurality of base stations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.