Managing terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsAlwin Xavier Pulikkal Xavier, Solomon Ayyankulankara Kunjan, Steven Laurent Paul Loos
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Abstract
Presented herein are techniques through which an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) may obtain location information for a plurality of terrestrial radio base stations and a plurality of non-terrestrial network (NTN) radio base stations. The AMF may obtain an indication of neighboring NTN radio base stations for each of the plurality of terrestrial radio base stations and store an NTN neighbor list that includes the indication of the neighboring NTN radio base stations for each of the plurality of terrestrial radio base stations. The AMF may perform one or more actions with respect to the NTN neighbor list and the GPS coordinates.
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A method comprising:
- obtaining, at an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), location information for a plurality of terrestrial radio base stations and a plurality of non-terrestrial network (NTN) radio base stations;
- obtaining, at the AMF, an indication of neighboring NTN radio base stations for each of the plurality of terrestrial radio base stations;
- storing, at the AMF, an NTN neighbor list that includes the indication of the neighboring NTN radio base stations for each of the plurality of terrestrial radio base stations;
- and
- performing one or more actions with respect to the NTN neighbor list and the location information.
An apparatus comprising:
- a memory for storing data;
- a network interface configured to enable network communications;
- and
- a processor for executing instructions associated with the data, wherein executing the instructions causes the apparatus to perform operations, comprising:
- obtaining location information for a plurality of terrestrial radio base stations and a plurality of non-terrestrial network (NTN) radio base stations;
- obtaining an indication of neighboring NTN radio base stations for each of the plurality of terrestrial radio base stations;
- storing an NTN neighbor list that includes the indication of the neighboring NTN radio base stations for each of the plurality of terrestrial radio base stations;
- and
- performing one or more actions with respect to the NTN neighbor list and the location information.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, comprising:
- obtaining location information for a plurality of terrestrial radio base stations and a plurality of non-terrestrial network (NTN) radio base stations;
- obtaining an indication of neighboring NTN radio base stations for each of the plurality of terrestrial radio base stations;
- storing an NTN neighbor list that includes the indication of the neighboring NTN radio base stations for each of the plurality of terrestrial radio base stations;
- and
- performing one or more actions with respect to the NTN neighbor list and the location information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.