18493702. SEMI-STATIC NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK DISCOVERY (Dell Products, L.P.)

SEMI-STATIC NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK DISCOVERY

Organization Name

Dell Products, L.P.

Inventor(s)

Ali Esswie of Calgary CA

SEMI-STATIC NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK DISCOVERY

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18493702 titled 'SEMI-STATIC NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK DISCOVERY

Original Abstract Submitted

A user equipment may receive a discovery signal broadcast by a non-terrestrial radio node. The user equipment may determine a coverage level based on the discovery signal and may transmit the coverage level and other coverage level information in a discovery signal coverage level report to a terrestrial radio node. The terrestrial node may receive coverage level information from another terrestrial node. The terrestrial node may transmit an expected coverage level, based on coverage level information corresponding to the non-terrestrial node, to the user equipment in an expected coverage level report. The non-terrestrial node may halt transmission of the discovery signal during a discovery signal deactivation period. The user equipment may use the expected coverage level, and other information, received in the expected coverage level report to communicate with the non-terrestrial node during the deactivation period.