US 12,407,404 B2
Wireless device activation tracking of a wireless satellite service
Ian Milne, Burlingame, CA (US); Prasanna Venkatesan Srinivasan Iyengar, Bengaluru (IN); Birender Panwar, Bangalor (IN); Prem Shankar, Bengaluru (IN); Vijay Lewis, Wylie, TX (US); Andrew Nuttall, Mountain View, CA (US); Meghna Agrawal, Cupertino, CA (US); and Anand Radhakrishnan, Espoo (FI)
Assigned to Skylo Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by Skylo Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/990,798.
Prior Publication US 2024/0171260 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04B 7/18513 (2013.01) [H04W 60/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a wireless satellite service, comprising:
maintaining, by a satellite service server, a database of an activation status of each of a plurality of subscriber devices as provided by a plurality of terrestrial service providers;
receiving, by a satellite network, a request from a wireless device to access the wireless satellite service through a satellite link, wherein the satellite network is electronically connected to the satellite service server, comprising
receiving, by the satellite network, a PRACH (periodic random-access channel) request from the wireless device;
replying, by the satellite network, with a RAR (random access response);
receiving, by the satellite network, an RRC (radio resource control) request from the wireless device;
querying, by the satellite network, the satellite service server to confirm whether the wireless device requesting access to the wireless satellite service is a subscriber device that is activated upon receiving the RRC request, comprising:
sending, by the satellite network, a device activation check (query) to the satellite server;
providing, by the satellite service server, the activation status of the wireless device to the satellite network;
responding, by the satellite network, with an indicator that the wireless device is an active device when the wireless device is determined to be a subscriber device, comprising:
a. sending, by the satellite network, an RRC setup back to the wireless device after receiving the device active indication;
b. receiving, by the satellite network, an RCC connection complete from the wireless device;
responding, by the satellite network, with a device not active indicator when the wireless device is determined not to be a subscriber device, thereby bypassing steps a and b to reduce an impact on satellite connection resources when responding with the device not active indicator.