Geo guidance for leo coverage and connectivity

A method, comprising:

• searching, by a user equipment, for a public land mobile network;
• in response to finding a public land mobile network transmitting, using a geostationary system, one or more messages comprising coverage information for one or more non-geostationary satellites in a non-terrestrial network, receiving by the user equipment the one or messages;
• updating by the user equipment preferences used for a list used for public land mobile network selection to make one or more public land mobile networks corresponding to the coverage information as higher priority than other public land mobile networks in the list;
• and
• performing by the user equipment one or more cell searches for cells from the one or more non-geostationary satellites using the updated list.

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform:
• searching, by a user equipment, for a public land mobile network;
• in response to finding a public land mobile network transmitting, using a geostationary system, one or more messages comprising coverage information for one or more non-geostationary satellites in a non-terrestrial network, receiving by the user equipment the one or messages;
• updating by the user equipment preferences used for a list used for public land mobile network selection to make one or more public land mobile networks corresponding to the coverage information as higher priority than other public land mobile networks in the list;
• and
• performing by the user equipment one or more cell searches for cells from the one or more non-geostationary satellites using the updated list.