US 12,413,298 B2
Buffer release for inter-satellite link transition
Lianghai Ji, San Diego, CA (US); Liangping Ma, San Diego, CA (US); Jun Ma, San Diego, CA (US); Qiang Wu, San Diego, CA (US); Mohamad Sayed Hassan, Paris (FR); Huilin Xu, Temecula, CA (US); Weimin Duan, San Diego, CA (US); and Karthik Anantha Swamy, La Jolla, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/932,951.
Prior Publication US 2024/0097780 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. H04B 7/185 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 7/18558 (2013.01) [H04B 7/18563 (2013.01); H04B 7/18591 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless communication device for wireless communication, comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:
obtain, at an access stratum (AS) layer, an indication of an inter-satellite link (ISL) activation that is to take place at an ISL activation time;
receive communications;
buffer the communications in a buffer at the AS layer; and
release the communications from the buffer to an upper protocol layer at a rate of release that is to change between a transition start time and the ISL activation time, wherein a transition that starts at the transition start time is associated with a latency change from a first propagation latency before the ISL activation to a second propagation latency after the ISL activation.