Enhanced systems, apparatus, and methods for positioning of an airborne relocatable communication hub supporting a plurality of wireless devices

An enhanced aerial communication drone apparatus supporting a plurality of wireless devices disposed within a delivery vehicle, the apparatus comprising:

• an aerial drone main housing;
• an onboard controller disposed within the aerial drone main housing;
• a plurality of lifting engines coupled with respective lifting rotors, each of the lifting engines being fixed to a different portion of the aerial drone main housing and responsive to flight control input generated by the onboard controller as part of maintaining a desired flight profile within the delivery vehicle;
• and
• a communication hub interface coupled to the onboard controller, the communication hub interface being operative to detect one or more signals broadcast from the wireless devices and establish a plurality of wireless data communication paths to at least two of the wireless devices within the delivery vehicle;
• and
• wherein the onboard controller is further operative to:
• change the desired flight profile to cause the lifting engines to move the aerial communication drone from a secured position within an interior of the delivery vehicle to a first deployed airborne position within a different part of the interior of the delivery vehicle,
• receive a first signal from the communication hub interface, the first signal being broadcast by a first of the wireless devices and detected by the communication hub interface,
• receive a second signal from the communication hub interface, the second signal broadcast by a second of the wireless devices and detected by the communication hub interface,
• compare a first connection signal strength for the first signal and a second connection signal strength for the second signal,
• further change the desired flight profile to cause the lifting engines to reposition the aerial communication drone to a second deployed airborne position within the delivery vehicle based upon the comparison of the first connection signal strength and the second connection signal strength, and
• cause the communication hub interface to link the first of the wireless devices and the second of the wireless devices after the aerial communication drone is repositioned at the second deployed airborne position.

An enhanced airborne relocatable communication hub system, the system comprising:

• a delivery vehicle for maintaining a plurality of wireless devices while transporting the wireless devices, the delivery vehicle comprising
• an interior storage area that maintains the wireless devices and
• a drone storage area disposed within the delivery vehicle;
• and
• an aerial communication drone exclusively paired with the delivery vehicle and operative to be secured within the drone storage area within the delivery vehicle, the aerial communication drone further comprising
• an onboard controller,
• a plurality of lifting engines coupled with respective lifting rotors and receiving flight control input from the onboard controller, each of the lifting engines being fixed to a different portion of the aerial communication drone and responsive to the flight control input as part of maintaining a desired flight profile within the delivery vehicle, and
• a communication hub interface coupled to the onboard controller, the communication hub interface being operative to detect one or more signals broadcast from the wireless devices and establish a plurality of wireless data communication paths to at least two of the wireless devices within the delivery vehicle;
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• wherein the onboard controller of the aerial communication drone is further operative to:
• alter the flight control input provided to the lifting engines to cause the lifting engines to move the aerial communication drone from a secured position within the interior storage area of the delivery vehicle to a first deployed airborne position within a different part of the interior storage area of the delivery vehicle,
• receive a first signal from the communication hub interface, the first signal being broadcast by a first of the wireless devices and detected by the communication hub interface,
• receive a second signal from the communication hub interface, the second signal broadcast by a second of the wireless devices and detected by the communication hub interface,
• further alter the flight control input provided to the lifting engines to cause the lifting engines to reposition the aerial communication drone to a second deployed airborne position within the delivery vehicle based upon a comparison of a first connection signal strength for the first signal and a second connection signal strength for the second signal;
• and
• cause the communication hub interface to link the first of the wireless devices and the second of the wireless devices after the aerial communication drone is repositioned at the second deployed airborne position.