Lynk Global, Inc.

Mahmoud Khafagy

Tyghe Robert Speidel

Zheng Liu

Martin Harris

Stephen A Wilkus

Margo Ruth Deckard

A method is disclosed for providing backup network services in a communications network used by mobile terminals such as cellular telephones. The method includes receiving information regarding a terrestrial base station of the communications network and, using a non-terrestrial base station (NTBS) such as an orbiting satellite, detecting an incapacity of the terrestrial base station. The NTBS identifies a second NTBS (e.g., a second satellite) within communications range to provide backup service to the communications network. The second NTBS is then introduced as a new base station of the communications network. The second NTBS can then substitute for the incapacitated terrestrial base station to carry traffic between at least one mobile terminal and the communications network.

Orbital or other non-terrestrial base station preemption and/or replacement upon terrestrial base station incapacity or failure

Determining the location of a device communicating an emergency call to an emergency call center via an orbital base station, wherein the device is located outside of a terrestrial network coverage region, can comprise determining a Doppler shift from a signal received from the device, determining a signal time delay of the signal received from the device, determining a location of the orbital base station, and computing a geolocation of the device based on the Doppler shift, the signal time delay, and the location of the orbital base station.

Routing emergency cellular communications and associated detected location information using orbital base stations

An electronic user device includes inclusion list storage with electronically readable memory, for storing an inclusion list and the inclusion list indicating included logical IDs. The device also has a security module app that receives a cellular broadcast message and extracts logical IDs therefrom. This processes a targeted cellular broadcast message embedded in the payload of the cellular broadcast message, based on whether a logical ID, also embedded in the payload, of the targeted cellular broadcast message is on the inclusion list. It then formats it for consumption by an electronic user device app that receives data via a data channel when available.

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Fairfax Station, VA, United States of America

Mahmoud Khafagy