Configuration for inter-satellite link

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12580641-B2
Application number	US-202217812349-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 13, 2022
Priority date	Jul 13, 2022
Publication date	Mar 17, 2026
Grant date	Mar 17, 2026

Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may communicate with a non-terrestrial network entity using a radio configuration over a service link. The UE may receive an indication of a topology change event that is to occur in association with an inter-satellite link. The UE may communicate, after the topology change event, using at least part of the radio configuration over the service link. Numerous other aspects are described.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:
one or more memories; and one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to: communicate with a non-terrestrial network (NTN) entity using a radio configuration over a service link; receive, by the UE and from the NTN entity, an indication of a topology change event that is to occur, wherein the topology change event includes a change in an inter-satellite link (ISL), and the indication includes a timing of the topology change event; and communicate, after the topology change event, using at least part of the radio configuration over the service link.

2 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the indication indicates that the service link is to be used before and after the topology change event.

3 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the topology change event is an activation or deactivation of the ISL.

4 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the at least part of the radio configuration includes a first set of parameters that are valid both before and after the topology change event.

5 . The UE of claim 4 , wherein the first set of parameters include one or more of satellite ephemeris information, a closed-loop timing advance, frequency compensation of the service link, a hybrid automatic repeat request process configuration, a serving cell or beam antenna polarization, a last reported timing advance for the service link, or a last reported location of the UE.

6 . The UE of claim 5 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
determine update information for a second set of parameters of the radio configuration that are not valid after the topology change event; and update the second set of parameters based at least in part on the update information.

7 . The UE of claim 6 , wherein the one or more processors, to determine the update information, are configured to receive the update information.

8 . The UE of claim 6 , wherein the second set of parameters include one or more of a common timing advance parameter, a slot timing parameter that indicates a time gap between a last slot before the topology change event and a first slot after the topology change event, a serving cell measurement, a K_mac timing parameter, K_offset parameter, a synchronization signal block measurement timing configuration, a measurement gap configuration, or a conditional handover configuration.

9 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors, to receive the indication, are configured to receive the indication via a system information block (SIB).

10 . The UE of claim 9 , wherein the SIB is NTN-specific.

11 . The UE of claim 9 , wherein the indication includes one or more bits of an information element in the SIB.

12 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors, to receive the indication, are configured to receive the indication via downlink control information, a medium access control (MAC) control element, or a radio resource control message.

13 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors, to receive the indication, are configured to receive the indication via a short message over a physical downlink control channel in a paging occasion.

14 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the indication indicates a first set of parameters that are to remain the same after the topology change event.

15 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the indication indicates a second set of parameters that are to be updated after the topology change event.

16 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to skip a random access procedure after the topology change event.

17 . A non-terrestrial network (NTN) entity for wireless communication, comprising:
one or more memories; and one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:
communicate with a user equipment (UE) using a radio configuration for a service link;
transmit, from the NTN entity and to the UE, an indication of a topology change event that is to occur, wherein the topology change event includes a change in an inter-satellite link (ISL), and that indicates that the service link is to be used before and after the topology change event, wherein the indication includes a timing of the topology change event; and
communicate, after the topology change event, using at least part of the radio configuration for the service link.

18 . The NTN entity of claim 17 , wherein the at least part of the radio configuration includes a first set of parameters that are valid both before and after the topology change event.

19 . The NTN entity of claim 18 , wherein the first set of parameters include one or more of satellite ephemeris information, a closed-loop timing advance, frequency compensation of the service link, a hybrid automatic repeat request process configuration, a serving cell or beam antenna polarization, a last reported timing advance for the service link, or a last reported location of the UE.

20 . The NTN entity of claim 19 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to transmit update information for a second set of parameters of the radio configuration that are not valid after the topology change event.

21 . The NTN entity of claim 20 , wherein the second set of parameters include one or more of a common timing advance parameter, a slot timing parameter that indicates a time gap between a last slot before the topology change event and a first slot after the topology change event, a serving cell measurement, a K_mac timing parameter, a K_offset parameter, a synchronization signal block measurement timing configuration, a measurement gap configuration, or a conditional handover configuration.

22 . The NTN entity of claim 17 , wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the indication, are configured to transmit the indication via an NTN-specific system information block (SIB).

23 . The NTN entity of claim 17 , wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the indication, are configured to transmit the indication via downlink control information, a medium access control (MAC) control element, or a radio resource control message.

24 . The NTN entity of claim 17 , wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the indication, are configured to transmit the indication via a short message over a physical downlink control channel in a paging occasion.

25 . The NTN entity of claim 17 , wherein the indication indicates a first set of parameters that are to remain the same after the topology change event.

26 . The NTN entity of claim 17 , wherein the indication indicates a second set of parameters that are to be updated after the topology change event.

27 . A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
communicating with a non-terrestrial network (NTN) entity using a radio configuration over a service link; receiving, by the UE and from the NTN entity, an indication of a topology change event that is to occur, wherein the topology change event includes a change in an inter-satellite link (ISL), and the indication includes a timing of the topology change event; and communicating, after the topology change event, using at least part of the radio configuration over the service link.

28 . A method of wireless communication performed by a non-terrestrial network (NTN) entity, c

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Ji Lianghai
• Ma Jun
• Wu Qiang
• Ma Liangping
• Xu Huilin
• Sayed Hassan Mohamad
• Gurelli Mehmet Izzet
• Duan Weimin
• Anantha Swamy Karthik
• Senel Onur

Classifications

• H04W84/06

  Airborne or Satellite Networks (space-based or airborne stations H04B7/185) · CPC title

• H04W56/009

  Closed loop measurements · CPC title

• H04B7/18513

  Transmission in a satellite or space-based system · CPC title

• H04B7/18541

  for handover of resources · CPC title

• H04B7/18543

  for adaptation of transmission parameters, e.g. power control (for detecting or preventing errors in the information received H04L1/00) · CPC title