Patent ID: 11910304
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for supporting satellite wireless access by a user equipment (UE) to a serving public land mobile network (PLMN), the method performed by the UE, the method comprising:
accessing a radio cell supported by a communication satellite;
selecting a preferred PLMN for each of multiple potential geographic locations of the UE, one potential geographic location of the multiple potential geographic locations of the UE corresponding to a geographic location of the UE and other potential geographic locations of the multiple potential geographic locations of the UE being different than the geographic location of the UE; and
transmitting, to a base station via the radio cell and the communication satellite, a message comprising an indication of the preferred PLMN for each of the multiple potential geographic locations of the UE including the other potential geographic locations of the UE different than the geographic location of the UE.