CPC H04W 36/06 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0695 (2013.01); H04B 7/18513 (2013.01); H04W 36/08 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a user terminal associated with a cell served by a satellite, a schedule of communications between the user terminal and one or more satellites, wherein the one or more satellites comprises the satellite and a different satellite;
requesting, based on the schedule, a handover from a beam of the satellite to a different beam of one of the satellite or the different satellite;
prior to a completion of the handover, processing packets transmitted over at least one of the beam of the satellite and the different beam of the one of the satellite or the different satellite;
performing the handover from the beam of the satellite to the different beam of the one of the satellite or the different satellite; and
after the handover, transmitting, by the user terminal, one or more packets via the different beam of the one of the satellite or the different satellite.
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