Dynamic wireless communications network with a plurality of aerial drones
AssigneeT-Mobile USA, Inc.
InventorsAhmad Arash Obaidi, Eric W. Yocam
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Abstract
A system and method for establishing a dynamic wireless communication network with a plurality of autonomous aerial vehicles, such as drones. The drones can dynamically change the size and availability of the communication network, and work with an existing communication network, such as cellular telecommunications or internet protocol networks. The drones can therefore create and maintain a robust network in response to a variety of needs, such as emergency response areas or large sporting events. Further, the drones can establish communication hotspots for mobile devices, and can alternately be configured to create a data pipeline.
Claims14
A method of managing a dynamic wireless communication network by a computing device, the method comprising:
- receiving, from an autonomous aerial vehicle, an indication to setup a wireless hotspot within a new geographic area, based at least in part on a request from a mobile device within the new geographic area;
- determining that the dynamic wireless communication network is to be extended to the new geographic area, based at least in part on the indication;
- determining a bandwidth to accommodate the dynamic wireless communication network in the new geographic area;
- determining a number of autonomous aerial vehicles for (i) deployment to dynamically create one or more cells of the dynamic wireless communication network for the new geographic area and (ii) to create a data pipeline configured to provide the bandwidth from a cellular tower to the one or more cells of the dynamic wireless communication network;
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- deploying one or more autonomous aerial vehicles to create the data pipeline from the cellular tower and the one or more cells of the dynamic wireless communication network, based at least in part on the number of autonomous aerial vehicles.
A computing device, comprising:
- a processor;
- a network interface coupled to the processor configured to enable communications via a dynamic wireless communication network;
- a storage device for content and programming;
- a program stored in the storage device, wherein execution of the program by the processor configures the computing device to perform acts comprising:
- receiving, from an autonomous aerial vehicle, an indication to set up a wireless hotspot in a remote geographic area, based at least in part on a request from a mobile device within the remote geographic area;
- determining that the dynamic wireless communication network is to be extended to the remote geographic area, based at least in part on the indication;
- determining a bandwidth to accommodate the dynamic wireless communication network in the remote geographic area;
- determining a number of autonomous aerial vehicles to create a data pipeline configured to provide the bandwidth from a cellular tower to the remote geographic area;
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- deploying one or more autonomous aerial vehicles to create the data pipeline from the cellular tower to the remote geographic area, based at least in part on the number of autonomous aerial vehicles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.