Method of predicting cell-to-cell hand-offs for a satellite cellular communications system
CA 2022277 C · Owner: Peterson, Kenneth Maynard · Inventors: Peterson, Kenneth Maynard; Bertiger, Bary Robert; Leopold, Raymond Joseph
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A method of predicting cell-to-cell hand-offs of mobile subscribers for a satellite cellular communications system. Each satellite of a constellation projects a number of beams or cells upon the earth for communication with mobile subscribers. The satellite transfers (hand-offs) communications links from cell to cell as the satellite moves over the mobile subscriber. Since the movement of the satellite is stabilized in three directions the projection, of the beams or cells follows a predictable path across the face of the earth. Each satellite moves across the earth in one direction. Once a subscriber is located within one cell, the next cell to which the mobile subscriber is handed-off may …
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- Filed July 30, 1990 and granted November 17, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 30, 2010.
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