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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2023
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Amit Malik, Palatine, IL (US);
Liwa Wang, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Timothy Curtis, Chandler, AZ (US);
Alan Matten, Chicago, IL (US);
Andrew Repoza, Naperville, IL (US);
Zai Chen, Naperville, IL (US);
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
There are provided measures for satellite coverage change handling. Such measures exemplarily include, at a network entity managing a first cell of a mobile network and a second cell of said mobile network, the first cell covering a geographical area, and the second cell covering said geographical area, maintaining assignment of a first satellite beam corresponding to a first passing satellite to said first cell, a first satellite beam coverage of said first satellite beam overlapping with said geographical area, determining entrance of a second satellite beam coverage of a second satellite beam corresponding to a second passing satellite into said geographical area, assigning said second satellite beam to said second cell, and deciding to trigger handover of a terminal located within said second satellite beam coverage within said geographical area and served by said first cell to said second cell.