Determining Target Positions of Mobile Devices

A method comprising:

• estimating or determining a future communications state for each of a plurality a mobile devices K associated with a base station, the future communications state being indicative of the mobile device communicating in an uplink to a base station or in a downlink from the base station at a future time slot t or being idle;
• and
• determining a target position of at least one of the mobile devices, based at least partly on its estimated communication state, for enabling re-positioning of said at least one mobile device to the determined target position substantially at said future time slot t,
• wherein one or more of the mobile communications devices is an unmanned aerial vehicle, autonomous and/or remotely controlled vehicle, or a mobile robot.

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the apparatus:
• estimating or determining a future communications state for each of a plurality a mobile devices K associated with a base station, the future communications state being indicative of the mobile device communicating in an uplink to a base station or in a downlink from the base station at a future time slot t or being idle;
• determining a target position of at least one of the mobile devices, based at least partly on its estimated communication state, for enabling re-positioning of said at least one mobile device to the determined target position substantially at said future time slot t,
• wherein one or more of the mobile communications devices is an unmanned aerial vehicle, autonomous and/or remotely controlled vehicle, or a mobile robot.