Waypoint based flight declaration signaling

An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE) provided at an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory storing instructions executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:
• receive, from an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) service supplier (USS), a first message comprising an approved flight plan for the UAV, the received approved flight plan comprising a plurality of approved four-dimensional flight plan sectors;
• receive, from a network node of a plurality of network nodes in a wireless communication system, a second message comprising a query indicating a subset of approved four-dimensional flight plan sectors of the plurality of approved four-dimensional flight plan sectors and a request for three-dimensional waypoints of the UE within the indicated subset of approved four-dimensional flight plan sectors, the query being based at least in part on a mapping between the subset of approved four-dimensional flight plan sectors and a position of each network node in a subset of the plurality of network nodes;
• determine, at the UE, in response to receiving the second message comprising the query from the network node, a flight path comprising a plurality of three-dimensional waypoints of the UE for the indicated subset of approved four-dimensional flight plan sectors of the received approved flight plan;
• transmit, to the network node, a flight declaration message comprising the plurality of three-dimensional waypoints of the UE;
• and
• instruct the UAV to travel in accordance with the flight path comprising the plurality of the three-dimensional waypoints of the UE based at least in part on the flight declaration message.

An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE) provided at an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising:

• means for receiving, from an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) service supplier (USS), a first message comprising an approved flight plan for the UAV, the received approved flight plan comprising a plurality of approved four-dimensional flight plan sectors;
• means for receiving, from a network node of a plurality of network nodes in a wireless communication system, a second message comprising a query indicating a subset of approved four-dimensional flight plan sectors of the plurality of approved four-dimensional flight plan sectors and a request for three-dimensional waypoints of the UE within the indicated subset of approved four-dimensional flight plan sectors, the query being based at least in part on a mapping between the subset of approved four-dimensional flight plan sectors and a position of each network node in a subset of the plurality of network nodes;
• means for determining, at the UE, in response to receiving the second message comprising the query from the network node, a flight path comprising a plurality of three-dimensional waypoints of the UE for the indicated subset of approved four-dimensional flight plan sectors of the received approved flight plan;
• means for transmitting, to the network node, a flight declaration message comprising the plurality of three-dimensional waypoints of the UE;
• and
• means for instructing the UAV to travel in accordance with the flight path comprising the plurality of the three-dimensional waypoints of the UE based at least in part on the flight declaration message.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE) provided at an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

• receive, from an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) service supplier (USS), a first message comprising an approved flight plan for the UAV, the received approved flight plan comprising a plurality of approved four-dimensional flight plan sectors;
• receive, from a network node of a plurality of network nodes in a wireless communication system, a second message comprising a query indicating a subset of approved four-dimensional flight plan sectors of the plurality of approved four-dimensional flight plan sectors and a request for three-dimensional waypoints of the UE within the indicated subset of approved four-dimensional flight plan sectors, the query being based at least in part on a mapping between the subset of approved four-dimensional flight plan sectors and a position of each network node in a subset of the plurality of network nodes;
• determine, at the UE, in response to receiving the second message comprising the query from the network node, a flight path comprising a plurality of three-dimensional waypoints of the UE for the indicated subset of approved four-dimensional flight plan sectors of the received approved flight plan;
• transmit, to the network node, a flight declaration message comprising the plurality of three-dimensional waypoints of the UE;
• and
• instruct the UAV to travel in accordance with the flight path comprising the plurality of the three-dimensional waypoints of the UE based at least in part on the flight declaration message.