Patent ID: 11949496
Assignee: SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 20:
21. A method comprising:
receiving, by a satellite, a schedule of communications between the satellite and one or more gateways;
requesting, based on the schedule, a handover from a communication link between the satellite and a gateway to a different communication link between the satellite and one of the gateway or a different gateway;
processing, prior to a completion of the handover, packets bicasted over the communication link between the satellite and the gateway and the different communication link between the satellite and one of the gateway or the different gateway;
performing the handover from the communication link between the satellite and the gateway to the different communication link between the satellite and the one of the gateway or the different gateway; and
after the handover, transmitting, by the satellite, one or more packets via the different communication link between the satellite and one of the gateway or the different gateway.