Methods and systems for network awareness of discontinuous coverage by non-terrestrial networks

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining satellite data indicative of satellite communication coverage areas associated with a plurality of satellites, wherein the satellite data includes locations for the satellite communication coverage areas as well as duration times for the satellite communication coverage areas; obtaining mobile device data associated with a plurality of mobile devices that are respectively attached to a wireless network, wherein the mobile device data indicates a respective location of each of the plurality of mobile devices, and wherein the plurality of mobile devices includes a first mobile device; determining whether the wireless network has information to be sent to the first mobile device, resulting in a first determination; determining, based upon the satellite data and a first location of the first mobile device, whether a period of time that the first mobile device is predicted to be out of the communication coverage areas meets a threshold, resulting in a second determination; and responsive to the first determination being that the wireless network has information to be sent to the first mobile device and to the second determination being that the period of time meets the threshold, facilitating an action. Other embodiments are disclosed.