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

Claim 15:
16. A gateway system comprising:
one or more processors; and
at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
receive a schedule of communications between the gateway system and a satellite, wherein the schedule of communications is based at least in part on ephemeris data associated with the satellite;

transmit, by a communication link between the gateway system and the satellite, one or more packets;
enable, by the gateway system, based on the schedule, a different communication link between the gateway system and the satellite; and
transmit, after a handover, by the satellite from the communication link to the different communication link, one or more packets via the different communication link between the gateway system and the satellite.