Mitigating interference between satellite and terrestrial cellular networks

A method of mitigating interference between non-terrestrial networks and terrestrial networks, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a non-terrestrial access point, a first uplink message from a user equipment (UE), wherein the UE is in a first geographic area;
• based on determining the first geographic area is not covered by one or more terrestrial networks, communicating with the UE;
• receiving a second uplink message from the UE, wherein the UE is in a second geographic area;
• determining the second geographic area is covered by the one or more terrestrial networks;
• and
• based on determining that the second geographic area is covered by the one or more terrestrial networks, communicating a handover message to the UE.

A non-transitory computer storage media storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to execute operations comprising:

• receive, by a non-terrestrial access point, an uplink message from a user equipment (UE) located within a geographic area;
• determine the geographic area is covered by a terrestrial network based on a dataset;
• and
• based on the determination, cease wireless transmissions to the UE.