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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025

Filed:

May. 03, 2024
Applicant:

T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Egil Gronstad, Bellevue, WA (US);

John Joseph Humbert, IV, Olathe, KS (US);

Karri M. Kuoppamaki, Kirkland, WA (US);

Jun Liu, Sammamish, WA (US);

Kun Lu, Bellevue, WA (US);

Scott Francis Migaldi, Cary, IL (US);

Brian A. Olsen, Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:

T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04B 7/18513 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

The system receives orbital information for at least one satellite of a non-terrestrial network. The orbital information includes the location and velocity of the at least one satellite. The system determines a location of a wireless device and the wireless device's location relative to the at least one satellite. The system calculates a connectivity window based on the relative location. The connectivity window is a time period at the location of the wireless device during which the wireless device receives a signal from the at least one satellite to perform a network connection with the non-terrestrial network. The system connects the wireless device to the non-terrestrial network when the connectivity window of the at least one satellite is open. The system prevents the wireless device from searching for a network connection to the non-terrestrial network when the wireless device is outside the connectivity window of the at least one satellite.


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