Managing uncrewed aerial system service supplier instances

A configuration unit for communicating with a communication network and an Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS), the UAS including an Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and a UAV controller (UAV-C), the configuration unit comprising:

• at least one memory;
• and at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the configuration unit to:
• receive, for each of a plurality of UAV service suppliers (USS), information specifying a service area of that USS;
• obtain UAS specific information, wherein the UAS specific information comprises a UAV registration area, a USS service requirement, or a combination thereof;
• and
• determine a mapping of the UAS specific information to one or more of the plurality of USSs based on the received USS information and the obtained UAS specific information.

A system comprising:

• a configuration unit for communicating with a communication network and an Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) comprising an Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and a UAV controller (UAV-C);
• and
• an application unit;
• wherein
• the configuration unit is arranged to:
• receive, for each of a plurality of UAV service suppliers (USS), information specifying a service area of a respective USS from the application unit;
• obtain UAS specific information, wherein the UAS specific information comprises a UAV registration area, a USS service requirement, or a combination thereof;
• and
• determine a mapping of the UAS specific information to one or more of the plurality of USSs based on the USS information and the UAS specific information;
• and
• wherein the application unit is an application unit selected from the group of application units consisting of a USS, a UAS Traffic Management module, the UAV, the UAV-C, a UAS application specific server, and a UAS operator.