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Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2021
Applicant:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Corey J. Christopherson, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);

Manuel Bedoya, South Plainfield, NJ (US);

James Byron Jones, Plainfield, IL (US);

Fred Weisbrod, Renton, WA (US);

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04B 7/18515 (2013.01); H04B 7/18519 (2013.01); H04B 7/18523 (2013.01); H04W 40/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a cellular device-satellite communications service is provided. The service may provide establishment, maintenance, and termination of uplink and downlink connections via a satellite network, a terrestrial network, and both based on network information and satellite information. The service may also provide scheduling for user plane traffic via the uplink and downlink connections.


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