Patent ID: 11871365
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 3:
4. A method of performing satellite communication, comprising:
evaluating a transmission power demand of the user equipment to perform communication with a satellite;
determining to switch to a candidate communication mode when it is determined that a transmission power constraint fails to satisfy the transmission power demand;
sending to the satellite a notification indicating a necessity of switching to the candidate communication mode; and
receiving a command indicating whether an assistant device is required to assist the user equipment in performing the communication;
wherein when the assistant device is required to assist the user equipment in performing the communication, the assistant device transmits at least a portion of allocated transmission data of the user equipment to the satellite in parallel with transmitting rest of the allocated transmission data of the user equipment from the user equipment to the satellite, the at least the portion of allocated transmission data of the user equipment being divided from the allocated transmission data of the user equipment based on transmission power limitation.