Unmanned aerial vehicle network
AssigneeNEC Laboratories America, Inc.
InventorsEugene Chai, Sampath Rangarajan, Karthikeyan Sundaresan, Ramanujan Sheshadri
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Abstract
Systems and methods implementing a multi-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) wireless communication network are provided. The system includes application UAVs that wirelessly provide applications. The system includes relay UAVs that connect the application UAVs to a ground station. The ground station connects to a wireless backhaul network. Processor devices determine mobility for the application UAVs based on application-specific objectives. The processor devices also determine mobility for the relay UAVs based on forming and maintaining the wireless backhaul network.
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A system for implementing a multi-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) wireless communication network, comprising:
- a plurality of application UAVs configured to wirelessly provide at least one application;
- a plurality of relay UAVs configured to connect the plurality of application UAVs to a ground station;
- the ground station configured to connect to a wireless backhaul network;
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- at least one processor device operatively coupled to at least one memory device, the at least one processor device being configured to:
- determine mobility for the plurality of application UAVs based on application-specific objectives, and
- determine mobility for the plurality of relay UAVs based on forming and maintaining the wireless backhaul network.
A system for implementing a multi-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) wireless communication network, comprising:
- at least one ground station UAV configured to provide a last-hop link to a ground station;
- a plurality of application UAVs configured to wirelessly provide at least one application;
- a plurality of relay UAVs configured to connect the plurality of application UAVs to the ground station via the at least one ground station UAV;
- the ground station configured to connect to a millimeter wave spectrum (mmWave) mesh backhaul network;
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- at least one processor device operatively coupled to at least one memory device, the at least one processor device being configured to:
- determine mobility for the plurality of application UAVs based on application-specific objectives including at least one of high bandwidth communications and high-resolution sensing, and
- determine mobility for the plurality of relay UAVs based on forming and maintaining the mmWave mesh backhaul network.
A multi-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) wireless communication network, comprising:
- a wireless backhaul network, wherein the wireless backhaul network is configured to be implemented by a plurality of relay UAVs and at least one application UAV,
- wherein the mobility for the at least one application UAV is determined based on application-specific objectives, and wherein the plurality of application UAVs are configured to wireles sly provide at least one application, and
- wherein the mobility for the plurality of relay UAVs is determined based on forming and maintaining the wireless backhaul network, and wherein the plurality of relay UAVs are configured to connect the at least one application UAV to a ground station;
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- a wireless backhaul network access point configured to connect to the wireless backhaul network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.