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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2023
T-mobile Innovations Llc, Overland Park, KS (US);
Akin Ozozlu, McLean, VA (US);
Nagi A. Mansour, Arlington, VA (US);
T-Mobile Innovations LLC, Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
According to aspects herein, methods and a non-transitory computer storage medium storing computer instructions for macro diversity-based handover between low earth orbit (LEO) satellites. The method begins with receiving, at a first extraterrestrial access point and a second extraterrestrial access point at least one first uplink communication from a UE. Each extraterrestrial access point is located on a different LEO satellite. Next, a determination that the coverage area of the first LEO satellite is congruent with the coverage area of the second LEO satellite. Both the first extraterrestrial access point and the second extraterrestrial access point attempt to decode the first uplink communication. The second LEO satellite may transmit additional soft decoding bits to the first LEO satellite. The first uplink communication is decoded using the soft decoding bits from the first LEO satellite and the additional soft decoding bits from the second LEO satellite.