US 12,136,993 B2
Method and apparatus for radio access side response to predictable satellite backhaul outages
Peter Ashwood-Smith, Gatineau (CA); and Mehdi Arashmid Akhavain Mohammadi, Ottawa (CA)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Nov. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/531,181.
Prior Publication US 2023/0163838 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04B 7/18519 (2013.01) [H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 36/305 (2018.08); H04W 52/0229 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining a predicted future occurrence of an outage in a backhaul network, said outage being due to orbital position and state of satellites forming at least part of the backhaul network and interrupting communication between a radio access portion of a communication network and a core portion of the communication network; and
in response to said determining the predicted future occurrence of the outage, scheduling or performing an action at one or both of: a device providing the radio access portion of the communication network; and a device using the radio access portion, the action being performed at a time prior to a beginning of the outage.