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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2021
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Quan Kuang, Langen, DE;
Hidetoshi Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiko Nishio, Osaka, JP;
Ming-Hung Tao, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Hongchao Li, Langen, DE;
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
The techniques disclosed herein feature a user equipment (UE), a base station, and methods for a UE and abase station. The UE comprises a transceiver which, in operation receives coverage area information indicating a coverage area of at least one candidate satellite beam relative to a satellite location of at least one satellite generating, respectively, the at least one candidate satellite beam; and circuitry which, in operation, determines, based on the received coverage area information, ephemeris data of the at least one satellite generating the at least one candidate satellite beam, and a location of the user equipment, a target satellite beam for switching out of the at least one candidate satellite beam and a switching timing for switching to the target satellite beam, and controls the transceiver to perform switching to the determined target satellite beam at the determined switching timing.