Unmanned aerial vehicle detection, slice assignment and beam management
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsJin Yang, Lalit R. Kotecha, Donna L. Polehn, Arda Aksu, Vishwanath Ramamurthi
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Abstract
A method may include transmitting multiple antenna beams to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and determining a location of the UAV. The method may also include identifying a network slice to service the UAV, assigning the identified network slice to the UAV and performing antenna beam management for the UAV while the UAV is in flight.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- at least one device comprising a processor, wherein the at least one device is configured to:
- transmit multiple antenna beams to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV),
- determine a location of the UAV,
- identify a network slice to service the UAV,
- assign the identified network slice to the UAV, and
- perform antenna beam management for the UAV while the UAV is in flight.
A method, comprising:
- transmitting multiple antenna beams to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV);
- determining a location of the UAV;
- identifying a network slice to service the UAV;
- assigning the identified network slice to the UAV;
- and
- performing antenna beam management for the UAV while the UAV is in flight.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- identify a network slice to service an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV);
- assign the identified network slice to the UAV;
- and
- perform antenna beam management for the UAV while the UAV is in flight.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.