US 11,974,212 B2
Method and system for cellular device-satellite communications
Corey J. Christopherson, Bainbridge Island, WA (US); Manuel Bedoya, South Plainfield, NJ (US); James Byron Jones, Plainfield, IL (US); and Fred Weisbrod, Renton, WA (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/209,428.
Prior Publication US 2022/0312301 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/16 (2013.01) [H04B 7/18515 (2013.01); H04B 7/18519 (2013.01); H04B 7/18523 (2013.01); H04W 40/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a network device, a request for an application service;
determining, by the network device based on the request, whether an uplink connection, a downlink connection, or both support the application service;
analyzing, by the network device, information pertaining to a satellite network and a radio access network;
determining, by the network device based on the analyzing and the request, whether the uplink connection, the downlink connection, or both is prospectively supported by at least one of a terrestrial connection or a satellite connection;
selecting, by the network device based on determining the at least one of the terrestrial connection or the satellite connection, at least one of the uplink connection or the downlink connection;
coordinating, by the network device, the at least one of the uplink connection or the downlink connection between an end device and a second network device that provides the application service;
scheduling, by the network device, for the at least one of the uplink connection or the downlink connection, wherein the scheduling includes routing information for user plane traffic associated with an application service session; and
monitoring, by the network device and during the application service session, a user plane traffic flow performance for the at least one of the uplink connection or the downlink connection.