US 12,490,193 B2
Control of states of a wireless device for connection to a satellite network
Meghna Agrawal, Cupertino, CA (US); Soham Dhiren Desai, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Andrew Nuttall, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Skylo Technologies, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Skylo Technologies, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on May 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/201,935.
Prior Publication US 2024/0397427 A1, Nov. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.01); H04W 76/38 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 52/0241 (2013.01) [H04W 76/28 (2018.02); H04W 76/38 (2018.02)] 26 Claims
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1. A system for managing an operational state of a wireless device that connects to a satellite wireless network, comprising:
a base station, the base station configured to:
support a wireless connection of the wireless device through a satellite to the satellite wireless network;
determine that the wireless device is in a dormant state based on an indication that the wireless device supports the dormant state and based on signaling attempts to the wireless device; and
control information wirelessly communicated to the wireless device based on whether the wireless device is in the dormant state;
wherein control of buffering of the information for the wireless device is additionally based on whether the wireless device is in the dormant state; and
wherein the base station is further configured to determine that the wireless device is in the dormant state, including identifying that the base station has missed a threshold number of paging requests from the wireless device.
 
7. A system for managing an operational state of a wireless device that connects to a satellite wireless network, comprising:
a base station, the base station configured to:
support a wireless connection of the wireless device through a satellite to the satellite wireless network;
determine that the wireless device is in a dormant state based on an indication that the wireless device supports the dormant state and based on signaling attempts to the wireless device; and
control information wirelessly communicated to the wireless device based on whether the wireless device is in the dormant state;
wherein control of buffering of the information for the wireless device is additionally based on whether the wireless device is in the dormant state;
wherein the base station is further configured to transition the wireless device to a disconnected state and purge downlink messages when buffering of the information for the wireless device reaches a maximum size threshold.
 
26. A method for managing an operational state of a wireless device that connects to a satellite wireless network, comprising:
supporting, by a base station, a wireless connection of the wireless device through a satellite to the satellite wireless network;
determining that the wireless device is in a dormant state based on an indication that the wireless device supports the dormant state and based on signaling attempts to the wireless device;
controlling, by the base station, information wirelessly communicated to the wireless device based on whether the wireless device is in the dormant state; and
buffering of the information for the wireless device based on whether the wireless device is in the dormant state;
further determining, by the base station, that the wireless device is in the dormant state, including identifying that the base station has missed a threshold number of paging requests from the wireless device.