Method and arrangement for providing autonomous emergency assistance
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsTommy Arngren, Jonas Pettersson, Ylva Timner, Min Wang, Stefan Wänstedt
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Abstract
A method for enabling autonomous emergency assistance for a communication device, CD, registered in a regular cellular network is presented. The method is performed in an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, and comprises directing the UAV to a geographical region connected to a preregistered position of the CD, emulating a cellular network in the geographical region, wherein the UAV and the CD are without connectivity with the regular cellular network, and providing autonomous emergency assistance for the CD in the geographical region. A CD, a UAV, a computer program and a computer program product are also presented.
Claims14
A communication device, CD, for enabling autonomous emergency assistance thereof, wherein the CD is registered in a regular cellular network, the CD comprising:
- a processing circuitry;
- and
- a computer program product storing instructions that, when executed by the processing circuitry, causes the CD to:
- provide one or more geographical position, connected to corresponding preregistered periods of time, to the regular cellular network, wherein the provided one or more geographical position is preregistered in the regular cellular network;
- receive a Group_ID from the regular cellular network, in response to providing the preregistered one or more geographical position;
- receive autonomous emergency assistance from an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, wherein the UAV and the CD are without connectivity with the regular cellular network;
- and
- receive a group discovery message from the UAV, the group discovery message comprising an indication of the Group_ID;
- and
- send a discovery response message to the UAV in response to the received group discovery message.
A method performed by a communication device, CD, for enabling autonomous emergency assistance thereof, wherein the CD is registered in a regular cellular network, the method comprising:
- provide one or more geographical position, connected to corresponding preregistered periods of time, to the regular cellular network, wherein the provided one or more geographical position is preregistered in the regular cellular network;
- receiving a Group_ID from the regular cellular network, in response to providing the preregistered one or more geographical position;
- and
- receiving autonomous emergency assistance from an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, wherein the UAV and the CD are without connectivity with the regular cellular network;
- receiving a group discovery message from the UAV, the group discovery message comprising an indication of the Group_ID;
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- sending a discovery response message to the UAV in response to the received group discovery message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.