Patent ID: 11894914
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method of wireless communication, by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
selecting or reselecting of a target cell of a non-terrestrial network or resuming connectivity with the target cell, the target cell comprising a serving cell or a non-serving cell; and
completing the selection or the reselection of the target cell or completing the connectivity with the target cell, based on a cell type, said cell type comprising a low Earth orbit (LEO) cell type, a geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) cell type, a moving cell type, a fixed cell type, a temporarily fixed LEO cell type, or a permanently fixed LEO cell type,
wherein the permanently fixed LEO cell type comprises a cell serviced by a first satellite and then a second satellite after a satellite handover, with a satellite communications gap occurring during the satellite handover.