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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2022
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Ali Masoomzadeh, Bellevue, WA (US);
Deepak, Sammamish, WA (US);
Sandeep Ahluwalia, 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 fixed while others are mobile. Each satellite provides communication services to discrete geographic areas or 'spots' on and above the Earth. The mobile UT may operate in various modes. In a normal mode, communication resources within a single spot are allocated to a mobile UT. An obfuscated mode allocates the mobile UT communication resources in many spots, even though the mobile UT is only physically present in one. A whisper mode minimizes transmission from the mobile UT. With the exact location of the mobile UT unknown to the satellites, the mobile UT may send a handover request that is used to schedule a handover to other satellite(s), providing ongoing communication service while the mobile UT moves. In some implementations the handover request is determined in advance. A quiet mode facilitates the mobile UT receiving only.