| CPC H04W 52/0258 (2013.01) [H04W 16/22 (2013.01); H04W 84/06 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
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1. A device comprising:
at least one hardware processor; and
at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, cause the device to:
monitor a current network resource utilization metric of a radio access network (RAN) cell of a terrestrial wireless telecommunications network;
predict a network resource utilization metric of the RAN cell in a future time period based on at least one factor,
wherein the at least one factor comprises determining a success probability of transferring a first call or a first data session by a first wireless device from the RAN cell to a non-terrestrial network (NTN), and
wherein the success probability is determined based on a success or failure of a second call or a second data session whose transfer was attempted by a second wireless device during a prior time period;
determine a network resource utilization metric of the NTN in the future time period; and
in response to determining that the network resource utilization metric of the RAN cell is less than a first threshold and the network resource utilization metric of the NTN is less than a second threshold in the future time period, initiate an energy conservation procedure,
wherein initiating the energy conservation procedure comprises sending an instruction to the first wireless device connected to the RAN cell to transfer the first call or the first data session from the RAN cell to the NTN, and
wherein initiating the energy conservation procedure further comprises sending an instruction to the RAN cell to enter a low power mode of operation.
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