Patent ID: 11962397
Assignee: VIASAT INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A satellite communication system, comprising:
one or more satellites;
one or more gateways; and
one or more core nodes coupled with the one or more gateways and configured to provide a communication service for an aircraft via a first spot beam of a plurality of spot beams, wherein the plurality of spot beams are serviced by the one or more gateways via the one or more satellites, and wherein, to provide the communication service, the one or more core nodes are configured to:
obtain an IP address for a device within the aircraft;
communicate first communications of a communication session with the device via the first spot beam using the IP address,
transition the communication service of the aircraft to a second spot beam of the plurality of spot beams when the aircraft is within an overlap of the first spot beam and the second spot beam, wherein the transitioning comprises changing at least one of a satellite or a gateway that is in communication with the aircraft via the first spot beam, and wherein the second spot beam is serviced by at least one of the one or more gateways having session information for maintaining connectivity of the communication session of the device via the satellite or another satellite of the one or more satellites; and
communicate second communications of the communication session of the device via the second spot beam using the IP address.