US 11,894,914 B2
Cell type selection for non-terrestrial networks
Bharat Shrestha, San Diego, CA (US); Alberto Rico Alvarino, San Diego, CA (US); Xiao Feng Wang, San Diego, CA (US); Masato Kitazoe, Tokyo (JP); Ayan Sengupta, San Diego, CA (US); Amer Catovic, San Diego, CA (US); Umesh Phuyal, San Diego, CA (US); Liangping Ma, San Diego, CA (US); and Le Liu, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/475,140.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/078,872, filed on Sep. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0085874 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04B 7/18541 (2013.01) [H04W 36/0009 (2018.08); H04W 36/00835 (2018.08); H04W 36/08 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of wireless communication, by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
selecting or reselecting of a target cell of a non-terrestrial network or resuming connectivity with the target cell, the target cell comprising a serving cell or a non-serving cell; and
completing the selection or the reselection of the target cell or completing the connectivity with the target cell, based on a cell type, said cell type comprising a low Earth orbit (LEO) cell type, a geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) cell type, a moving cell type, a fixed cell type, a temporarily fixed LEO cell type, or a permanently fixed LEO cell type,
wherein the permanently fixed LEO cell type comprises a cell serviced by a first satellite and then a second satellite after a satellite handover, with a satellite communications gap occurring during the satellite handover.