	US 12,244,397 B2
	Repetitive communications for improving reliability of satellite communications
Jibing Wang, San Jose, CA (US); Erik Richard Stauffer, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Aamir Akram, San Jose, CA (US); and Sharath Ananth, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/252,500
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 1, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/057594 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 10, 2023, PCT Pub. No. WO2022/103616, PCT Pub. Date May 19, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/183,499, filed on May 3, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/112,378, filed on Nov. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0014934 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04L 1/08 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01)

CPC H04B 7/18513 (2013.01) [H04B 7/18563 (2013.01); H04L 1/08 (2013.01); H04L 5/0016 (2013.01); H04B 7/18532 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method performed by a non-terrestrial communication system for communicating with a user equipment (UE) the method comprising:

determining, by a ground station of the non-terrestrial communication system, a repetition configuration for repetitive communications with the UE, the determining of the repetition configuration including at least one of:

(i) obtaining a satellite location; and

determining the repetition configuration using the satellite location; or

(ii) receiving assistance information from the UE; and

determining the repetition configuration for repetitive communications using the assistance information;

indicating the repetition configuration to the UE; and

communicating with the UE using the repetitive communications in accordance with the repetition configuration.