Patent ID: 11949496
Assignee: SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 21:
22. A gateway system comprising:
one or more processors; and
at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
receive a schedule of communications between the gateway system and one or more gateways;
request, based on the schedule, a handover from a communication link between the gateway system and a satellite to a different communication link between the gateway system and one of the satellite or a different satellite;
process, prior to a completion of the handover, packets bicasted over the communication link between the gateway system and the satellite and the different communication link between the gateway system and one of the satellite or a different satellite;
perform the handover from the communication link between the gateway system and the satellite and the different communication link between the gateway system and one of the satellite or a different satellite; and
after the handover, transmit one or more packets via the different communication link between the gateway system and one of the satellite or a different satellite.