Patent ID: 11916653
Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
under control of one or more processors:
receiving an indication that a core network has received user plane data for transmission to a recipient device;
detecting a constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites to transmit the user plane data to the recipient device;
identifying a first LEO satellite of the constellation of LEO satellites to receive the user plane data from the core network;
determining a service congestion of the first LEO satellite of the constellation of LEO satellites, the service congestion corresponding to a resource capability of the first LEO satellite to relay the user plane data to an additional satellite in the constellation of LEO satellites;
in response to the resource capability of the first LEO satellite being greater than or equal to a resource required to relay the user plane data, selecting the first LEO satellite of the constellation of the LEO satellites to receive the user plane data; and
transmitting the user plane data to the first LEO satellite.