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Samsung patents method for phones to pick best satellite connection

Samsung has been granted a patent for a method that helps mobile devices choose the best satellite connection. The phone calculates the future paths of nearby satellites and its own location to decide which signal to switch to.

Why it mattersThis improves how devices maintain stable connections with moving satellites, which is essential for reliable communication in areas without traditional cell towers.

In the filing’s own words

A method for selecting a non-terrestrial network (NTN) cell by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes receiving one or more system parameters from a serving NTN cell and a plurality of NTN neighbor cells, determining trajectory information associated with the plurality of NTN neighbor cells based on the one or more received system parameters, and selecting the NTN cell among the plurality of NTN neighbor cells to perform at least one of a cell reselection and a conditional hand over (CHO) based on the determined trajectory information associated with the plurality of NTN neighbor cells.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) for selecting a non-terrestrial network (NTN) cell, the method comprising: receiving one or more system parameters including ephemeris information from a serving NTN cell and a plurality of NTN neighbor cells; determining trajectory information about the plurality of NTN neighbor cells based on the one or more received system parameters; determining trajectory information about the UE based on global positioning system (GPS) information of the UE; and selecting the NTN cell among the plurality of NTN neighbor cells to perform at least one of a cell reselection or a conditional hand over (CHO), wherein the selected NTN cell is determined based on the determined trajectory information about the plurality of NTN neighbor cells, and the determined trajectory information about the UE.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
Method and apparatus for selecting non-terrestrial network cell
Patent number
US12732879B2
Application number
18541944
Filed
Dec 15, 2023
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Inventors
6
Claims
20

Classified under

H04W 36/083 Electricity & electronicsH04W 36/0061 Electricity & electronicsH04W 36/362 Electricity & electronics
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