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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2023
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Ali Masoomzadeh, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Jyotirmoy Banik, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Deepak, Sammamish, WA (US);
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A constellation of satellites provides communication services to user terminals (UTs). Some UTs may be mobile. Each satellite provides communication services to discrete geographic areas or 'spots' on and above the Earth. The mobile UT determines it will be moving from a current spot to a destination spot based on one or more of geographic position and the geometry of the spots, or signal strength of received signals from one or more satellites associated with the destination spot. The mobile UT sends a handover request. Responsive to the handover request, communication resources associated with a handover time and the destination spot are allocated to the mobile UT. This information is provided to the mobile UT for use after the handover time. During this process, the exact position of the mobile UT remains unknown to the satellites and associated systems managing the constellation and handover.