Drone Assisted Mesh Network For First Responders

A method of providing a drone-assisted mesh network, comprising:

• attaching a plurality of network modules to a plurality of drones;
• launching the plurality of drones;
• positioning the plurality of drones based on a desired network coverage area;
• forming a wireless mesh network with the plurality of network modules;
• and
• communicating between user devices via the wireless mesh network.

A network module for creating a drone-assisted mesh network for first responders, comprising:

• a processing element;
• a memory coupled to the processing element, on which is stored instructions that when executed program the processing element to:
• make inter-connections with other drone-attached network modules, forming the drone-assisted mesh network for first responders;
• reposition a drone to which the network module is attached to maintain coverage of the drone-assisted mesh network across a predetermined coverage area;
• and
• provide a network access point for first responder devices, allowing the first responder devices to communicate with other first responder devices via the network module.