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US 2016/0242146 A1Published application
System and Method for Mobile Terminal Initiated Communications
AssigneeSkyBitz, Inc.
InventorsRich Battista, John W. Brosius, Uday Shankar
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Abstract
A system and method for improving efficiency of satellite communications is described. In one embodiment, efficient satellite communications is enabled through event-driven reporting by a mobile terminal.
Claims17
1-12. (canceled)
A method performed by a mobile terminal, comprising:
- awakening, by the mobile terminal, from a sleep mode;
- analyzing activity on a communication timeslot that is assigned to mobile terminals and on a communication timeslot that is not assigned to mobile terminals;
- identifying, based on the analyzing, either the communication timeslot that is assigned to mobile terminals or the communication timeslot that is not assigned to mobile terminals as a usable communication timeslot;
- and
- transmitting a report based on the identified usable communication timeslot.
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A mobile terminal, comprising:
- an awake state and a sleep mode;
- a communication timeslot identifier configured to analyze, upon transition from the sleep mode to the awake state, activity on a communication timeslot that is assigned to mobile terminals and on a communication timeslot that is not assigned to mobile terminals, and to identify, based on the analyzing, either the communication timeslot assigned to mobile terminals or the communication timeslot not assigned to mobile terminals as a usable communication timeslot;
- and
- a transmitter configured to transmit a report on the identified usable communication timeslot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.