Patent ID: 11963059
Assignee: HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 19:
20. A method for uninterrupted communications in a hybrid satellite network, comprising:
communicating, from a client-side device, with a first terminal and a first satellite, wherein the first satellite is a non-geostationary (NGSO) type satellite or a geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO) type satellite;
receiving, from the first terminal, a handoff request, wherein the handoff request comprises information associated with a second satellite, wherein the second satellite is a NGSO type satellite or a GEO type satellite, and wherein the first satellite and second satellite are different types, wherein the first satellite and the second satellite are associated with a hybrid satellite communication system that includes both NGSO type satellites and GEO type satellites, and wherein the hybrid satellite system facilitates handoffs between NGSO type satellites and GEO type satellites of the hybrid satellite system;
buffering, based on the information associated with the second satellite, the communications with the first terminal and the first satellite;
executing the handoff from the first satellite to the second satellite.