Apple patents method for phones to track satellite positions for better signal

1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause processing circuitry to: identify orbital position information for a non-terrestrial network (NTN) device that is to provide radio access network (RAN) service, the orbital position information received in an information element of a radio resource control (RRC) message, the orbital position information restricted to an almanac portion for the NTN device, wherein the almanac portion received in the information element comprises a semi-major axis parameter, an eccentricity parameter, an argument of perigee parameter, an inclination angle parameter, a mean anomaly parameter, and a longitude parameter for the NTN device; identify frequency information, received with the orbital position information in the RRC message, for at least one cell of the NTN device; identify, based at least in part on the frequency information, at least one frequency to perform measurements of at least one network element; and utilize positional information for the NTN device and results of the measurements of the at least one network element for cell selection, conditional handover, or measurement acquisition by a user equipment (UE), the positional information for the NTN device being based on the orbital position information.