Waypoint based flight declaration signaling

A method for wireless communications at a network node, comprising:

• receiving a flight declaration request from a user equipment (UE);
• generating, for the UE, an approved flight plan comprising a plurality of approved flight plan sectors based at least in part on the flight declaration request;
• determining a subset of network nodes based at least in part on a mapping between the plurality of approved flight plan sectors and a position of each network node of the subset of network nodes;
• and
• transmitting a node subset flight plan to the subset of network nodes comprising expected positions of the UE within the plurality of approved flight plan sectors.

An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a processor,
• memory coupled to the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• receive an approved flight plan comprising a plurality of approved flight plan sectors;
• receive a query from a network node, the query comprising an indication of a subset of the plurality of approved flight plan sectors and a request for a plurality of waypoints of the UE within the indicated subset of the plurality of approved flight plan sectors;
• determine, in response to receiving the query from the network node, a flight path comprising the plurality of waypoints of the UE for the indicated subset of the plurality of approved flight plan sectors based at least in part on the received approved flight plan;
• and
• transmit, to the network node, a flight declaration message comprising the plurality of waypoints of the UE.

An apparatus for wireless communications at a network node, comprising:

• a processor,
• memory coupled to the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• receive a flight declaration request from a user equipment (UE);
• generate, for the UE, an approved flight plan comprising a plurality of approved flight plan sectors based at least in part on the flight declaration request;
• determine a subset of network nodes based at least in part on a mapping between the plurality of approved flight plan sectors and a position of each network node of the subset of network nodes;
• and
• transmit a node subset flight plan to the subset of network nodes comprising expected positions of the UE within the plurality of approved flight plan sectors.