MUMBAI, India, Nov. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517096685 A) filed by Ofinno, Llc, Reston, U.S.A., on Oct. 7, for 'feeder link switching in non-terrestrial networks.'
Inventor(s) include Khoshkholgh Dashtaki, Mohammad Ghadir; Cirik, Ali Cagatay; Dinan, Esmael Hejazi; Jeon, Hyoungsuk; and Prasad, Gautham.
The application for the patent was published on Nov. 14, under issue no. 46/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A method may include receiving, by a wireless device, a system information block (SIB) comprising a first non-terrestrial network (NTN) configuration comprising a first value for a validity timer, a second NTN configuration comprising a second value for the validity timer, and a third NTN configuration corresponding to at least one NTN neighbor cell. The method may also include starting, based on the receiving the SIB and for a cell, the validity timer with the first value. The method may further include performing a link switch without changing a physical cell identifier (PCI) of the cell. The link switch can include stopping the validity timer associated with the first value indicated in the SIB and starting the validity timer with the second value indicated in the SIB."
The patent application was internationally filed on Mar. 29, 2024, under International application No.PCT/US2024/022347.
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