Patent ID: 11894913
Assignee: OQ TECHNOLOGY S.á.R.L.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G  Y | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions, which, when executed on a device having processing capabilities, executes a method performed in a non-terrestrial cellular data communication system comprising a plurality of interconnected base stations, the method comprising:
storing, at each respective base station of the non-terrestrial cellular data communication system, identifiers of neighboring airborne or spaceborne base stations with which the base station can exchange data,
periodically, at each respective base station of the non-terrestrial cellular data communication system, update data describing a set of currently neighboring airborne or spaceborne base stations with which the base station can exchange data,
establishing one or more inter base station communication links with the set of currently neighboring airborne or spaceborne base stations with which the base station can exchange data, and
establishing inter-payload links over the one or more inter base station communication links.