Anticipated loss of satellite coverage
AssigneeT-Mobile Innovations LLC
InventorRyan P. Dreiling
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The technology disclosed herein relates to enhancing satellite coverage and improving user device experiences. For example, the technology discussed herein can include establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection between a satellite and a user device (e.g., an active or idle RRC connection). Based on the RRC connection, the satellite can generate a message (e.g., an RRC connection release message) that includes a time to live parameter within a spare field of the message. Based on the satellite transmitting the time to live parameter to the user device, the user device can initiate one or more user device actions. For example, the user device can initiate a timer corresponding to scanning for a frequency band.
Claims20
A system for enhancing satellite coverage, the system comprising:
- one or more processors corresponding to a satellite;
- and
- computer memory storing computer-usable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection between the satellite and a user device;
- and
- based on the RRC connection, transmitting a message to the user device, the message including a time to live parameter within a spare field that corresponds to a remaining duration of time in which the satellite will provide a service to the user device, via a frequency band, within a particular geographical area.
A method for enhancing satellite coverage, the method comprising:
- establishing a first radio resource control (RRC) connection between a satellite and a user device located within a particular geographical area;
- and
- transmitting a message to the user device, the message including a time to live parameter within a spare field that corresponds to a future time that the satellite will stop providing a service to the user device, via a frequency band, within the particular geographical area.
One or more non-transitory computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, that when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method comprising:
- establishing, via a user device located at a particular geographical area, a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a satellite;
- receiving, via the user device, a message including data within a spare field that corresponds to a future time that the satellite will stop providing a service to the user device within the particular geographical area;
- and
- causing an action by the user device based on receiving the message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.