Behavior-based uav detection for communication networks

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that upon execution cause one or more processors to perform acts comprising:

• determining based on one or more behavior characteristics of a user device that the user device is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) instead of an airborne user device carried in a manned aircraft as the user device communicates with a wireless communication network via one or more base stations;
• and
• in response to determining that the user device is the UAV instead of the airborne user device, modifying a base station handover threshold for the UAV to prolong a communication duration of the UAV with a base station when a decrease in signal strength or an increase in signal interference of a signal provided by the base station occurs.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• determining based on one or more behavior characteristics of a user device that the user device is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) instead of an airborne user device carried in a manned aircraft as the user device communicates with a wireless communication network via one or more base stations;
• and
• in response to determining that the user device is the UAV instead of the airborne user device carried in the manned aircraft, modifying a base station handover threshold for the UAV to prolong a communication duration of the UAV with a base station when a decrease in signal strength or an increase in signal interference of a signal provided by the base station occurs.