Software defined elevation based non-terrestrial network access
AssigneesAT&T Intellectual Property l, L.P., AT&T Mobility ll LLC
InventorsSreejith Menon, Thomas Becker, Debasis Basu
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, attaching, by a radio circuit, to a terrestrial radio network for radio communications with the terrestrial radio network, monitoring an altitude of the radio circuit relative to a surface of earth, and attaching, by the radio circuit, to a non-terrestrial radio network for subsequent radio communication with the non-terrestrial radio network to limit radio interference on the terrestrial radio network, wherein the attaching to the non-terrestrial radio network is responsive to the altitude of the radio circuit exceeding a first elevation threshold value. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- attaching, by a processing system including a processor of a user equipment (UE) capable of radio communication, to a first radio network;
- determining, by the processing system, an altitude of the UE relative to a surface of earth;
- comparing, by the processing system, the altitude of the UE with an elevation threshold value;
- when the altitude of the UE exceeds the elevation threshold value, selecting, by the processing system, a second radio network;
- and
- attaching, by the processing system, to the second radio network for future network communications.
A device, comprising:
- a processing system including a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- detecting a terrestrial radio network;
- determining the terrestrial radio network is a permitted radio network;
- attaching to the terrestrial radio network;
- monitoring an altitude of the device;
- determining the altitude of the device has exceeded an elevation threshold value;
- identifying a non-terrestrial radio network as a permitted radio network;
- and
- attaching to the non-terrestrial radio network while de-attaching from the terrestrial radio network;
- and
- communicating with the non-terrestrial radio network.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- attaching, by a radio circuit, to a terrestrial radio network for radio communications with the terrestrial radio network;
- monitoring an altitude of the radio circuit relative to a surface of earth;
- and
- attaching, by the radio circuit, to a non-terrestrial radio network for subsequent radio communication with the non-terrestrial radio network to limit radio interference on the terrestrial radio network, wherein the attaching to the non-terrestrial radio network is responsive to the altitude of the radio circuit exceeding a first elevation threshold value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.