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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2015
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Thomas H. Tan, San Jose, CA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A device may determine an elevation of an unmanned aerial vehicle, or may determine multiple signal strengths corresponding to multiple communications between the unmanned aerial vehicle and multiple base stations. The multiple communications may be transmitted via one or more frequency bands. The device may identify, based on the elevation or the plurality of signal strengths, a frequency band, of the one or more frequency bands, via which to unmanned aerial vehicle is to communicate. The device may establish a connection between the unmanned aerial vehicle and a base station, of the multiple base stations, using the frequency band.