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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
May. 06, 2016
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Seyed Shwan Ashrafi, Seattle, WA (US);
Sumeeth Nagaraja, San Diego, CA (US);
Dan Vassilovski, Del Mar, CA (US);
Dan Zhang, San Diego, CA (US);
James Determan, Encinitas, CA (US);
Gene Wesley Marsh, Encinitas, CA (US);
Jun Ma, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for managing inter-satellite handovers are provided to allow a user terminal to reduce the frequency of handovers while maintaining a sufficiently high system capacity in a non-geosynchronous satellite communication system. The method and apparatus for managing inter-satellite handovers may be implemented in a gateway, in infrastructure connected to a gateway, in a user terminal, or in a satellite.