DIVERSITY GAIN FOR SPACE MOBILE SYSTEMS

原文（中文）

According to aspects herein, methods and a non-transitory computer storage medium storing computer instructions for handover between extraterrestrial access points. The method begins with receiving, at a first extraterrestrial access point and a second extraterrestrial access point an uplink communication from a UE. Both the first extraterrestrial access point and the second extraterrestrial access point attempt to decode the uplink communication. The second extraterrestrial access point may transmit additional soft decoding bits to the first extraterrestrial access point. The uplink communication is decoded using the soft decoding bits and the additional soft decoding bits.