Patent ID: 11895578
Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A method performed by a user equipment, the method comprising:
entering a first connected mode with a terrestrial platform that is supporting a first wireless-communication network;
transmitting, to the terrestrial platform, a message that indicates an upcoming transmission of data from the user equipment; and
receiving, from the terrestrial platform, a routing command message, and in response and based on contents of the routing command message:
entering, while maintaining the first connected mode with the terrestrial platform, a second connected mode with a non-terrestrial platform that is supporting a second wireless-communication network, the second connected mode using a different radio access technology than the first connected mode;
transmitting, to the terrestrial platform, a first subset of the data, the first subset of the data requiring a first quality of service offered by the first wireless-communication network; and
transmitting, to the non-terrestrial platform, a second subset of the data, the second subset of the data requiring a second quality of service offered by the second wireless-communication network.