Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Parvez Ahmad

Jin Yang

Jonathan Evans

Matthew S Fanelli

Amit Gupta

Vikram K Rawat

Shankar Venkatraman

Lee K Tjio

Jignesh Shantilal Panchal

Arda Aksu

Sergio Aguirre

Vishwanath Ramamurthi

Krishna K Bellamkonda

Frank Jager

Michael Kondratiuk

Wai Shun Wilson Wong

A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which an integrated access and backhaul service is provided. The integrated access and backhaul service may include an admission control service that manages admission control based on access and backhaul capacities of an integrated access and backhaul network such that access and backhaul capacities at any integrated access and backhaul device are not exceeded. The integrated access and backhaul service may include a capacity allocation service. The capacity allocation service may provision scheduling and resource allocation to support a performance metric and/or other criteria at an integrated access and backhaul device based on access and backhaul demands and capacities.

Method and system for admission and capacity control for integrated access and backhaul network

A method may include identifying a network slice to service an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and assigning the identified network slice to the UAV. The method may also include receiving, from a user equipment (UE) device, a message intended for the UAV, transmitting the message to the UAV and receiving, from the UE device, information identifying an error rate associated with the message. The method may further include determining whether the error rate is greater than a threshold error rate and in response to determining that the error rate is greater than the threshold error rate, at least one of modifying a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) associated with transmitting the message to the UAV, or retransmitting the message to the UAV at least one time.

Systems and methods for providing messaging for unmanned aerial vehicles

Disclosed are systems and methods for providing a differentiated neighbor list that can be individually generated for a specific service (e.g., per service) based on network service information, which can include, but is not limited to, a user equipment (UE) group identifier (ID), network slicing and/or quality of service (QoS) flow, and the like. Neighbors within the differentiated list can be characterized based on, but not limited to, service types, distance to devices, transport costs, service locations, and the like, or some combination thereof. The disclosed framework can generate and dynamically update a differentiated neighbor list for specific types of services so that optimal neighbor selection is performed for the type of service a UE is operating within to ensure that a network connection is maintained at a threshold satisfying QoS.

System and method for generating and using a differentiated neighbor list

A device receives network condition information. The network condition information is indicative of network resource availability at a plurality of locations. The device processes the network condition information to associate network resource availability identified in the network condition information with one or more airspace voxels that represent one or more three-dimensional (3D) portions of airspace corresponding to the plurality of locations. The device receives flight parameters relating to a proposed flight plan of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) through airspace represented by a set of airspace voxels, and network performance parameters associated with the proposed flight plan. The device determines that the network resource availability that is associated with the set of airspace voxels fails to satisfy the network performance parameters, and performs one or more actions to enable the UAV to access network resources that satisfy the network performance parameters.

Network resource allocation for unmanned aerial vehicles

A device may receive measurement reports for a target device, where the measurement reports include information regarding cells. The device may process the measurement reports and determine whether the target device is airborne. The device may determine, based on determining whether the target device is airborne, whether the target device is authorized to be airborne. The device may determine, based on determining whether the target device is authorized to be airborne, an altitude of the target device to confirm whether the target device is airborne. The device may perform, based on a result of confirming whether the target device is airborne, an action to identify the target device as an unauthorized airborne device and/or manage the target device.

Systems and methods for detecting an unauthorized airborne device

A computer device may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to select a base station; obtain one or more metric values for user equipment (UE) devices attached to the selected base station; and determine usage categories for at least some of the UE devices attached to the selected base station, wherein a usage category identifies a combination of a data type, a movement type, and a user type associated with a particular UE device. The processor may be further configured to execute the instructions to classify the obtained one or more metric values based on the determined usage categories; select one or more optimization actions for the selected base station based on the classified one or more metric values; and instruct the selected base station to perform the selected one or more optimization actions.

System and method for a usage category specific self-organizing network

A device may receive information related to a channel. The information may indicate whether a measurement related to the channel satisfies a threshold. The threshold may be related to an availability of the channel. The device may determine an aggregation mode to use to communicate via the channel. The device may determine a set of available channels based on determining whether the measurement satisfies the threshold. The device may determine an order related to the set of available channels based on determining the set of available channels. The order may be based on the availability of the set of available channels. The device may select a channel from the set of available channels based on the order related to the set of available channels. The device may exchange communications via the channel based on selecting the channel.

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Parvez Ahmad