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

Claim 9:
10. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
receive, by a satellite, a schedule of communications between the satellite and one or more gateways, wherein the schedule of communications is based at least in part on ephemeris data associated with the satellite;
request, 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;
perform 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, transmit, by the satellite, one or more packets via the different communication link between the satellite and one of the gateway or the different gateway.