ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,798, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Telit Cinterion Deutschland GmbH (Munich).

"NTN based on VLOS separated radio and core/base station network control" was invented by Volker Breuer (Boetzow, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for communication include: a user equipment "UE"; a first satellite having a first orbit defined by a first radius; a plurality of second satellites each having a second orbit, each second orbit defined by a second radius, wherein each second radius is less than the first radius; and a terrestrially located core network element, the first satellite adapted to send a setup request to t...