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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 27, 2015
Applicant:

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);

Inventors:

Michael Aaron Connor, Bridgeport, CT (US);

George Nicholas Loussides, Branford, CT (US);

Harshad S. Sane, Southbury, CT (US);

Assignee:

SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Stratford, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/10 (2006.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 84/00 (2009.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); G08G 5/04 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/104 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G08G 5/006 (2013.01); G08G 5/0008 (2013.01); G08G 5/0034 (2013.01); G08G 5/0039 (2013.01); G08G 5/0052 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); G08G 5/0086 (2013.01); G08G 5/045 (2013.01); H04L 43/045 (2013.01); H04L 43/0811 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 84/005 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01); B64C 2201/122 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of communication link accessibility aware navigation is provided that includes querying a communication link accessibility map based on a location of interest provided by a path planner for a communication node. A communication link accessibility indicator is received representing a communication link characteristic associated with the location of interest in response to querying the communication link accessibility map. A communication link accessibility weight is determined based on a mission priority of maintaining a communication link of the communication node. The communication link accessibility weight is applied to the communication link accessibility indicator.


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