MUMBAI, India, Aug. 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617081636 A) filed by Telit Cinterion Deutschland Gmbh on July 02, 2026, for Methods And Systems For Improved Non-Terrestrial Networks.

Inventors include Breuer, Volker; and Wehmeier, Lars.

The application for the patent was published on August 28, 2026, under issue no. 35/2026.

Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a satellite equipped with a base station include: indicating, to a user equipment "UE" attempting to connect to the satellite, that the satellite supports both: (i) direct transfer; and (ii) store and forward "S&F" modes of operation; receiving, from the UE, a set of data comprising an indication of which mode of operation the satellite should use to transmit the set of data; and based on the mode of operation indicated by the UE, either: (a) transmitting the set of data to one of: a second satellite; or a ground station; or (b) storing the set of data in a data storage and transmitting the set of data to the ground station at a later point in time.

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