Position information assisted network control
AssigneeSmartsky Networks LLC
InventorsGerard James Hayes, Elbert Stanford Eskridge, JR., Koichiro Takamizawa
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Abstract
A network controller including processing circuitry may be configured to receive dynamic position information indicative of a three dimensional position of at least one mobile communication node, compare fixed position information indicative of fixed geographic locations of respective access points of a network to the dynamic position information to determine a relative position of the at least one mobile communication node relative to at least one of the access points based on the fixed position information and the dynamic position information, and provide network control instructions to at least one network asset based on the relative position.
Claims20
A network controller comprising processing circuitry configured to:
- determine predicted future positions of a mobile communication node based on dynamic position information indicative of a three dimensional position of the mobile communication node moving between cells of an air to ground network;
- determine, for predetermined periods of time corresponding to the predicted future positions, selected ones of the cells that are expected to be within communication range of the mobile communication node;
- and
- provide network control instructions to some of the selected ones of the cells to pick up the mobile communication node during the respective ones of the predetermined periods of time,
- wherein providing the network control instruction comprises instructing the selected ones of the cells to adjust antenna radiation characteristics at the respective ones of the predetermined periods of time.
A system comprising a plurality of cells of an air to ground network, a mobile communication node, and a network controller comprising processing circuitry, the processing circuitry being configured to:
- determine predicted future positions of a mobile communication node based on dynamic position information indicative of a three dimensional position of the mobile communication node moving between cells of an air to ground network;
- determine, for predetermined periods of time corresponding to the predicted future positions, selected ones of the cells that are expected to be within communication range of the mobile communication node;
- and
- provide network control instructions to instruct the selected ones of the cells to adjust antenna radiation characteristics at the respective ones of the predetermined periods of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.