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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2017
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Fred Weisbrod, Renton, WA (US);
Joshua J. Crans, Bothell, WA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A device can receive, from an aerial vehicle, information related to the aerial vehicle. The information can be used by the device to manage use of an aerial RF signal by multiple aerial vehicles. The device can determine other information related to the aerial vehicle. The device can determine a base station, of a set of base stations, or a channel, of a set of channels associated with the base station, the aerial vehicle is to use to communicate. Each of the set of channels can have a different beam width. Different channels, of the set of channels, can be used by the aerial vehicle at different altitudes. The device can provide a set of instructions to the aerial vehicle to cause the aerial vehicle to use the base station or the channel to communicate. The device can perform an action other than providing the set of instructions.