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US 11,895,508 B1Granted
Demand-based allocation of ephemeral radio-based network resources
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsTipu Saleem Qureshi, Diwakar Gupta, Upendra Bhalchandra Shevade
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Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments that provide demand-based allocation of ephemeral radio-based network resources. In one embodiment, a determination is made that an unmanned vehicle has unallocated computing capacity along a travel path. At least a portion of the unallocated computing capacity is provisioned for use by a customer for a time period as the unmanned vehicle progresses on the travel path.
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A system, comprising:
- an unmanned aerial vehicle capable of providing computing capacity and network connectivity;
- and at least one computing device of a cloud provider network, the at least one computing device implementing a service managing the unmanned aerial vehicle, the at least one computing device being configured to at least:
- schedule the unmanned aerial vehicle to provide the computing capacity to a customer at a destination location;
- determine a travel path for the unmanned aerial vehicle from a starting location to the destination location;
- offer the computing capacity to a plurality of customers along the travel path;
- adjust at least one of:
- the travel path or a travel time along the travel path based at least in part on a bid received from a particular customer of the plurality of customers;
- and provision the computing capacity for the particular customer for ephemeral use as the unmanned aerial vehicle progresses along the travel path.
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A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- determining that an unmanned vehicle has unallocated computing capacity along a travel path;
- identifying a customer based at least in part on a proximity of one or more computing devices of the customer to the travel path;
- selecting the customer from a plurality of customers based at least in part on the customer submitting a maximum bid for the unallocated computing capacity;
- adjusting at least one of:
- the travel path or a travel time along the travel path based at least in part on the maximum bid;
- and
- provisioning at least a portion of the unallocated computing capacity for use by the customer for a time period as the unmanned vehicle progresses on the travel path.
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A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- determining that an unmanned vehicle has unallocated network connectivity along a travel path;
- determining that a radio-based network has a coverage gap proximate to the travel path;
- receiving a first bid from the radio-based network for the unallocated network connectivity;
- adjusting at least one of:
- the travel path or a travel time along the travel path based at least in part on the bid;
- and
- provisioning at least a portion of the unallocated network connectivity for use by the radio-based network for a time period as the unmanned vehicle progresses on the travel path.
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