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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2023
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
International Business machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes receiving, on a first satellite, a first connection request, and analyzing the first connection request to determine services needed to fulfill the first connection request. In response to a determination that the first satellite does not have at least a predetermined number of the determined services loaded, a predetermined offload process is performed. Performing the predetermined offload process includes identifying at least one satellite having a footprint coverage region that simultaneously matches a footprint coverage region of the first satellite within a first area of Earth's surface, determining whether a first of the identified satellites has at least the predetermined number of the determined services loaded, and causing the first connection request to be offloaded to the first identified satellite in response to a determination that the first identified satellite has at least the predetermined number of the determined services loaded.