Samsung patents satellite phone method for switching between signal types
This patent describes a way for a mobile device to connect with a group of satellites that use different communication standards. The phone first syncs with one satellite to check which other satellites in the group support the specific network technology the phone can use, then connects to the best available option.
In the filing’s own words
An operation method of a terminal includes receiving a synchronization signal from a first satellite in a first satellite group that includes first satellites, the first satellite group supporting plural radio access technologies (RATs), performing a higher layer signaling procedure with the first satellite, based on the synchronization signal, transmitting, based on the higher layer signaling procedure, to the first satellite, first channel status information regarding a second satellite group including second satellites from among the first satellites, the second satellite group supporting a RAT supported by the terminal, and performing wireless communication with a satellite in the second satellite group that is configured as a primary satellite, based on the first channel status information.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An operation method of a terminal, the operation method comprising: receiving a synchronization signal from a first satellite in a first satellite group that includes a plurality of first satellites, the first satellite group being configured to support a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs); performing a higher layer signaling procedure with the first satellite, based on the synchronization signal; transmitting, based on the higher layer signaling procedure, to the first satellite, first channel status information regarding a second satellite group including a plurality of second satellites from among the plurality of first satellites, the second satellite group being configured to support a RAT supported by the terminal; and performing wireless communication with a satellite in the second satellite group that is configured as a primary satellite, based on the first channel status information.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- Operation method of terminal and wireless communication system for supporting multi-mobile communications
- Patent number
- US12726922B2
- Application number
- 18413890
- Filed
- Jan 16, 2024
- Granted
- Sep 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 7
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04W 56/001 Electricity & electronicsH04B 7/18513 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in Networks & wireless
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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