Inter satellite coverage management
AssigneeT-Mobile Innovations LLC
InventorsNagi A. Mansour, Akin Ozozlu
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for improved management of extraterrestrial base stations' coverage areas. The system comprises one or more extraterrestrial base stations of a radio access network and one or more computer processing components. The disclosure involves continuously monitoring signal metrics or load levels from multiple base station coverage areas. Upon detection that a particular metric or load level surpasses a preset threshold, devices in overlapping coverage zones between multiple base stations are identified. Specific devices may then be directed to attach to an alternate base station.
Claims12
A system for performing inter extraterrestrial base station beam management, the system comprising:
- one or more extraterrestrial base stations of a radio access network;
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- one or more computer processing components configured to perform operations comprising:
- monitoring, one or more metrics associated with a first coverage area of a first extraterrestrial base station;
- determining, that at least one of the one or more metrics associated with the first coverage area exceeds a predetermined threshold;
- determining that a first user equipment (UE) is located within an overlapping coverage area between the first extraterrestrial base station and a second extraterrestrial base station;
- transmitting a cell selection instruction to the first UE, wherein the cell selection instruction directs the first UE to attach to the second extraterrestrial base station;
- predicting that at least one of the one or more metrics associated with the first coverage area will exceed the predetermined threshold at a future time;
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- transmitting a future cell selection instruction to a second UE, wherein the future cell selection instruction directs the second UE to attach to the second extraterrestrial base station at the future time.
A method for dynamic optimization of extraterrestrial base station coverage areas comprising:
- receiving, at a first extraterrestrial base station, one or more metrics associated with a first coverage area;
- determining, based on the one or more metrics, that a load level for the first coverage area exceeds a predetermined threshold;
- identifying a user equipment (UE) located within an overlapping coverage area between the first extraterrestrial base station and a second extraterrestrial base station;
- transmitting a cell selection instruction to the UE, wherein the cell selection instruction directs the UE to attach to the second extraterrestrial base station;
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- determining one or more future overloading events based on past and current data on traffic patterns, connection requests, data packet volumes, and signal strengths.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.