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US 12,744,590 · App. 17/922,324 · Granted Sep 22, 2026

Communication apparatus and base station

Inventors: Quan Kuang (Langen, DE); Hidetoshi Suzuki (Kanagawa, JP); Akihiko Nishio (Osaka, JP); Ming-Hung Tao (Frankfurt am Main, DE); Hongchao Li (Langen, DE)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
H04B7/18541H04B7/18513H04B7/2041
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Patent No.
US 12,744,590
App. No.
17/922,324
Granted
Sep 22, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The techniques disclosed herein feature a user equipment (UE), a base station, and methods for a UE and abase station. The UE comprises a transceiver which, in operation receives coverage area information indicating a coverage area of at least one candidate satellite beam relative to a satellite location of at least one satellite generating, respectively, the at least one candidate satellite beam; and circuitry which, in operation, determines, based on the received coverage area information, ephemeris data of the at least one satellite generating the at least one candidate satellite beam, and a location of the user equipment, a target satellite beam for switching out of the at least one candidate satellite beam and a switching timing for switching to the target satellite beam, and controls the transceiver to perform switching to the determined target satellite beam at the determined switching timing.

Claims (29)

1 . A communication apparatus, comprising:

a transceiver, which, in operation, receives area information indicating an area at least one candidate satellite beam covers; and

circuitry, which, in operation:

determines whether the communication apparatus is in the area the at least one candidate satellite beam covers based on the area information, and a location of the communication apparatus; and

in response to the determination, performs a measurement of a signal quality or a signal strength of the at least one candidate satellite beam, wherein,

the area information includes, for each of the at least one candidate satellite beam:

a satellite beam direction; and

a center and a radius of the coverage area; and

a target satellite beam of the at least one candidate satellite beam has a one-to-one correspondence with a serving cell.

2 . The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the area information is received in system information.

3 . The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the area information includes, for each of the at least one candidate satellite beam:

a polygon defining the coverage area in a non-overlapping manner.

4 . The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transceiver, in operation, transmits a location report indicating the location of the communication apparatus or an indication of a target satellite beam of the at least one candidate satellite beam.

5 . A method, comprising:

receiving area information indicating an area at least one candidate satellite beam covers;

determining whether the communication apparatus is in the area the at least one candidate satellite beam covers based on the area information, and a location of the communication apparatus; and

in response to the determination, performing a measurement of a signal quality or a signal strength of the at least one candidate satellite beam, wherein

the area information includes, for each of the at least one candidate satellite beam:

a satellite beam direction; and

a center and a radius of the coverage area, and

a target satellite beam of the at least one candidate satellite beam has a one-to-one correspondence with a serving cell.

6 . An integrated circuit, which comprises circuitry configured to:

control receiving area information indicating an area at least one candidate satellite beam covers;

control determining whether the communication apparatus is in the area the at least one candidate satellite beam covers based on the area information, and a location of the communication apparatus; and

in response to the determination, control performing a measurement of a signal quality or a signal strength of the at least one candidate satellite beam, wherein,

the area information includes, for each of the at least one candidate satellite beam:

a satellite beam direction; and

a center and a radius of the coverage area, and

a target satellite beam of the at least one candidate satellite beam has a one-to-one correspondence with a serving cell.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2022
From: KUANG, QUAN; SUZUKI, HIDETOSHI; NISHIO, AKIHIKO; TAO, MING-HUNG; LI, HONGCHAO
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 061707/0142 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 20172473 · Apr 30, 2020 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230179294A1 · Jun 8, 2023
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