Patent ID: 11916653
Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An orchestration controller comprising:
one or more processors;
memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory including one or more modules that are executable by the one or more processors to:
receive an indication that a terrestrial core network has received user plane data for transmission to a recipient device;
detect a constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites to transmit the user plane data to the recipient device;
identify a first LEO satellite of the constellation of LEO satellites to receive the user plane data from the terrestrial core network;
determine a service congestion of the first LEO satellite of the constellation of LEO satellites, the service congestion corresponding to a resource capability of the first LEO satellite to relay the user plane data to an additional satellite in the constellation of LEO satellites;
in response to the resource capability of the first LEO satellite being greater than or equal to a resource required to relay the user plane data, select the first LEO satellite of the constellation of the LEO satellites to receive the user plane data; and
transmit the user plane data to the first LEO satellite.