Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems of a base station of a satellite network managing a connection of a wireless device to the satellite network are disclosed. One method includes broadcasting location information of a satellite associated with the base station, broadcasting an effective communication range for wireless communications between the base station and the wireless device of a satellite beam, wherein the wireless device calculates a distance between the wireless device and a reference point associated with the satellite based on the broadcast location information of the satellite and a location of the wireless device, wherein the wireless device compares the calculated distance with the broadcast effective communication range, and determines a wireless signaling procedure to establish or maintain a wireless connection with the satellite network based on the comparison. The method further includes receiving, by the base station, the wireless signaling procedure from the wireless device.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems of hub communication with a satellite network or a terrestrial network are disclosed. One method includes determining a propagation delay between a wireless communication device and a base station of a satellite network, adjusting, by the wireless communication device, a timing offset between transmit and receive radio frames at the wireless communication device based on whether the satellite network or a terrestrial network is selected, and based at least on the propagation delay, configuring air interface communication protocol timer values including at least a wait time for a response based on at least a frame offset between uplink and downlink frames at the base station of the satellite network, and communicating, by the wireless communication device, with the base station of the satellite network when the satellite network is selected, and with a base station of the terrestrial network when the terrestrial network is selected.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for wireless communication are disclosed. One method includes dividing available wireless communications resources into a plurality of groups, connecting, by a wireless device, to a base station through a wireless satellite link, allocating, by the base station, a set of the plurality of groups to the wireless device, receiving, by the wireless device, a datum from a data source, assigning, by the wireless device, the datum to one or more of the allocated groups based on characteristics of the datum, and wirelessly communicating, by the wireless device, the datum to the base station according to the assigned one of the plurality of groups.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for managing a connection of a wireless device to a satellite network are disclosed. One method includes maintaining, by a core network of the satellite network, a parameter list that includes at least an estimate of a location of the wireless device and an estimate of one or more satellite locations, estimating, by the core network, a probability of a mapping of a wireless connection between the wireless device and a base station supporting the satellite network based upon the parameter list, and initiating, by the core network, a procedure to communicate with the wireless device through the base station based on the estimated probability of the mapping of the wireless connection between the wireless device and the base station.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for coordinated satellite and terrestrial base station resource block allocation are disclosed. One method includes receiving, by a controller, a data demand of a terrestrial network of a terrestrial base station and a data demand of a satellite network of a satellite base station, generating, by the controller, a communication schedule comprising satellite resource block information of the satellite base station, wherein the satellite resource block information indicates time and frequency blocks of the communication schedule that the satellite base station is only allowed to use for wireless communication, wherein the time and frequency blocks of the terrestrial resource block information of the terrestrial base station do not overlap with the time and frequency blocks of the satellite resource block information, and allocating, by the satellite base station, radio frequency (RF) resources based on the satellite resource block information.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for adaptive satellite wireless communication parameter selections are disclosed. One method includes predicting, by a base station, characteristics of a communication channel between the base station and a wireless hub, wherein a satellite is located within the communication channel between the base station and the wireless hub, and selecting, by the base station, wireless communication parameter selections including at least an MCS (modulation and coding scheme) based on the predicted characteristics of the communication channel.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for coordinating satellite and terrestrial base station resource block suppression are disclosed.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for managing an operational state of a wireless device that connects to a satellite wireless network are disclosed. One method includes supporting, by a base station, a wireless connection of the wireless device through a satellite to the satellite wireless network, determining that the wireless device is in a dormant state based on an indication that the wireless device supports the dormant state and based on signaling attempts to the wireless device, controlling, by the base station, information wirelessly communicated to the wireless device based on whether the wireless device is in the dormant state, and buffering of information for the wireless device based on whether the wireless device is in the dormant state.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for adaptive satellite wireless communication parameter selections are disclosed. One method includes predicting, by a base station, characteristics of a communication channel between the base station and a wireless hub, wherein a satellite is located within the communication channel between the base station and the wireless hub, and selecting, by the base station, wireless communication parameter selections including at least an MCS (modulation and coding scheme) based on the predicted characteristics of the communication channel.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for data source reporting are disclosed. A method includes receiving, by a network provider, data types a customer user is to have reported from one or more data sources of the customer user, wherein the reporting is from data sources, and wherein the wireless reporting is through a wireless uplink between the data sources to a base station, providing, by the network provider, options of data packages to the customer, wherein the options of data packages are selected from the set of data packages based on the data types provided by the customer user, and receiving, by the network provider, from the customer user, a selection of a data package from the provided options of data packages, wherein the selected data package includes one or more data types, and when data within the selected data package are to be reported.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for estimating a propagation time between a first node and a second node of a wireless network are disclosed. One method includes determining a first time propagation delay between the first node and the second node based on location of the second node and the kinematic information of a third node, receiving, by the second node, a packet containing a timestamp representing a transmit time of the packet, determining a second time propagation delay between the first node and the second node based upon the difference between the reception time of the packet, and the first time stamp included within the packet, transmitting, by a second node a TX packet after a holding delay based on the first propagation delay and the second propagation delay.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems of a base station that multicasts a multicast message that includes responses to radio resource requests of wireless devices of a multicast group are disclosed. One method includes receiving, by the wireless satellite base station, a plurality of radio resource requests from a plurality of wireless devices corresponding with preambles received during an access window, forming, by the wireless satellite base station, a multicast group from the plurality of wireless devices based on a timing of receiving the radio resource requests, and a type of response, wherein timing of each radio resource request is based on a timing of the access window utilized by a corresponding preamble, and multicasting, by the wireless satellite base station, a multicast message with a response to the radio resource request to the wireless devices of the multicast group.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for connecting a wireless device across multiple wireless networks are disclosed. One system includes a state machine and a router. The state machine operates to maintain a network availability of each of a plurality of wireless networks for a wireless device, wherein each of the plurality of wireless networks include network characteristics. The router operates to select a one of the plurality of wireless networks based on the network availability and the network characteristics as maintained by the state machine, process data packets according to the selected available wireless network based on the network characteristics of the selected available wireless network, and route the processed data packets to the wireless device through the selected one of the plurality of wireless networks.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for configuring multicast communication, are disclosed.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for managing a network demand for emergency services are disclosed. One method includes adaptively reserving, by a base station of a satellite network, reserved PRACH (physical random access channel) preambles for a plurality of reserved services, broadcasting, by the base station, the configuration, wherein a wireless device receives the reserved PRACH preambles configuration, wherein the wireless device selects a reserved service from the plurality of reserved services and transmits a PRACH preamble from the reserved preambles, and transmitting, by the base station, a message grant to the wireless device in response to the PRACH preamble, wherein the wireless device transmits to the base station a response that includes the selected reserved service from the plurality of reserved services in response to the message grant from the base station.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for estimating a propagation time between a first node and a second node of a wireless network are disclosed. One method includes determining a first time propagation delay between the first node and the second node based on location of the second node and the kinematic information of a third node, receiving, by the second node, a packet from the first node containing a timestamp representing a transmit time of the packet from the first node, determining a second time propagation delay between the first node and the second node based upon the difference between the reception time of the packet, and the first time stamp included within the packet, transmitting, by a second node a TX packet after a holding delay based on the first propagation delay and the second propagation delay.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems of hub communication with a satellite network or a terrestrial network are disclosed. One method includes determining a propagation delay between a wireless communication device and a base station of a satellite network, adjusting, by the wireless communication device, a timing offset between transmit and receive radio frames at the wireless communication device based on whether the satellite network or a terrestrial network is selected, and based at least on the propagation delay, configuring air interface communication protocol timer values including at least a wait time for a response based on at least a frame offset between uplink and downlink frames at the base station of the satellite network, and communicating, by the wireless communication device, with the base station of the satellite network when the satellite network is selected, and with a base station of the terrestrial network when the terrestrial network is selected.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for automated sensor integration and data collection. One method includes managing, by a platform server, a sensor library that includes sensor information for a plurality of sensors, receiving, by the platform server, from a user, a selection of a sensor from the sensor library and a selection of an associated datum, generating, by the platform server, a configuration based on the selected sensor and the associated datum, communicating, by the platform server, the configuration to a computing device over a wireless link, receiving, by the computing device, the configuration, updating, by the computing device, with the configuration, and transmitting and receiving, by the computing device, data with the selected sensor based on the configuration.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for operating a wireless satellite service are disclosed. One method includes maintaining, by a satellite service server, a database of an activation status of each of a plurality of subscriber devices as provided by a plurality of terrestrial service providers, receiving, by a satellite network, a request from a wireless device to access the wireless satellite service through a satellite link, wherein the satellite network is electronically connected to the satellite service server, querying, by the satellite network, the satellite service server to confirm whether the wireless device requesting access to the wireless satellite service is a subscriber device that is activated, providing, by the satellite service server, the activation status of the wireless device to the satellite network, and performing, by the satellite network, a wireless device attachment process with a one of the plurality terrestrial service providers based upon the activation status.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems of hub communication with a satellite network or a terrestrial network are disclosed. One method includes detecting presence of the satellite network, detecting, by the hub, presence of a terrestrial network, selecting to connect to one of the satellite network or the terrestrial network based on a priority ruleset, estimating a propagation delay between the hub and a base station of the satellite network when the satellite network is selected, adjusting a timing offset between transmit and receive radio frames at the hub based on whether the satellite network or the terrestrial network is selected, and based at least on the propagation delay, and communicating with the base station of the satellite network or a base station of the terrestrial network.