Network access management
US11804893B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 30, 2021 |
| Grant date | Oct 31, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/06
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Within a satellite communications system, a base station communicates with standard compliant user equipment (UE) via a satellite having a field of view. The base station has a processor that instructs the satellite to generate a wide beam signal covering a plurality of cells in the field of view, and detects an access request from a user equipment within the plurality of cells over the wide beam signal. The base station, comprising a processing device such as an eNodeB, then generates one or more network broadcast/access signals that is uplink to a satellite and broadcasted via one or more nominal beams generated by the satellite, covering all the inactive cells, one of the plurality of cells having the access request.
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