Patent ID: 11894914
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 29:
30. A user equipment (UE), comprising:
at least one processor,
memory coupled with the at least one processor;
instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the at least one processor, to cause the UE to:
select or reselect a target cell of a non-terrestrial network or resuming connectivity with the target cell, the target cell comprising a serving cell or a non-serving cell; and
complete the selection or the reselection of the target cell or complete the connectivity with the target cell, based on the cell type, said cell type comprising a low Earth orbit (LEO) cell type, a geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) cell type, a moving cell type, a fixed cell type, a temporarily fixed LEO cell type, or a permanently fixed LEO cell type,
wherein the permanently fixed LEO cell type comprises a cell serviced by a first satellite and then a second satellite after a satellite handover, with a satellite communications gap occurring during the satellite handover; and

a transceiver coupled to the memory and at least one processor, the transceiver configured to communicate with the target cell after completing the selection or the reselection or completing the connectivity.