At&t Intellectual Property I, LP

Daniel Redmond

Charles M Stahulak

Matthew D Hanson

Dennis Martin

A method includes determining current coordinates and a current elevation setting of a first unmanned aerial vehicle that is to be deployed to a candidate location for a microwave radio dish, receiving expected coordinates and an expected elevation setting of a second unmanned aerial vehicle that is deployed to a location of an existing cellular base station, calculating an angle necessary to direct a flash of light from the first unmanned aerial vehicle toward the expected coordinates and expected elevation setting of the second unmanned aerial vehicle, adjusting a current angle of an optical system of the first unmanned aerial vehicle to match the angle that is calculated, and sending a dataset to a centralized computing device, wherein the dataset includes at least an elevation setting of the first unmanned aerial vehicle at a time of capture of an image of the flash by the second unmanned aerial vehicle.

Drone-based confirmation of line of sight between two geostationary fixed points

Aspects of the disclosure include commanding an antenna to a first orientation relative to a structure that the antenna is mounted to, obtaining at least one measurement from at least one sensor, wherein the at least one measurement represents a first magnitude and a first direction of a displacement of the antenna relative to the first orientation, determining that the displacement of the antenna relative to the first orientation exceeds a threshold in terms of the first magnitude, the first direction, or a combination thereof, responsive to the determining that the displacement of the antenna relative to the first orientation exceeds the threshold, identifying at least one piezoelectric device to engage to cause the antenna to assume a second orientation relative to the structure, and responsive to the identifying, commanding the at least one piezoelectric device to engage to cause the antenna to assume the second orientation.

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West Sacramento, CA, United States of America

Daniel Redmond