US 11,990,983 B2
Hub communication with a satellite network or a terrestrial network
Andrew Nuttall, Mountain View, CA (US); Moshe Noah, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Vijay Lewis, Wylie, TX (US); Meghna Agrawal, Cupertino, CA (US); Kalle Ruttik, Espoo (FI); Yihenew Dagne Beyene, Espoo (FI); and Barry Winata, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Skylo Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by Skylo Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/137,523.
Application 18/137,523 is a continuation of application No. 17/976,813, filed on Oct. 30, 2022, granted, now 11,664,887.
Application 17/976,813 is a continuation of application No. 16/852,240, filed on Apr. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,515,937, issued on Nov. 29, 2022.
Application 16/852,240 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/718,574, filed on Dec. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,329,745, issued on May 10, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/914,438, filed on Oct. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/890,553, filed on Aug. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0299845 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04B 7/155 (2006.01); H04B 7/204 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 7/18582 (2013.01) [H04B 7/1555 (2013.01); H04B 7/18586 (2013.01); H04B 7/2048 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
detecting, by a wireless communication device, presence of a satellite network;
detecting, by the wireless communication device, presence of a terrestrial network;
selecting, by the wireless communication device, to connect to one of the satellite network or the terrestrial network based on a priority ruleset;
determining an estimated propagation delay between the wireless communication device and a base station of the satellite network when the satellite network is selected;
adjusting, by the wireless communication device, a timing offset between transmit and receive radio frames at the wireless communication device based on whether the satellite network or the terrestrial network is selected, and based at least on the estimated propagation delay;
configuring air interface communication protocol timer values, including a wait time for a response, and a contention resolution timer, based on at least a frame offset between uplink and downlink frames at the base station, wherein the frame offset, the timing offset, and the wait time for the response are adjusted based on the estimated propagation delay to allow connection to the satellite network and the terrestrial network;
and
communicating, by the wireless communication device, with the base station of the satellite network when the satellite network is selected, and with a base station of the terrestrial network when the terrestrial network is selected.