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Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2018
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Aziz Yousif, Mukilteo, WA (US);

Anil Kumar, Sammamish, WA (US);

David A. Bush, Renton, WA (US);

Assignee:

THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/0038 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/32 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a method for determining access permission for a beamforming computing device communicating with a beamforming transceiver. The method includes obtaining, at a central control system, location information from an inter-zone sensor, wherein the inter-zone sensor is configured to monitor and determine a location for the beamforming computing device as the beamforming computing device nears a boundary between a first access zone and a second access zone; accessing, by a storage device of the central control system, a rule to determine whether the beamforming computing device is permitted to operate in the second access zone; determining whether the beamforming computing device is permitted to operate in the second access zone based on the rule; and executing, by a rules engine of the central control system, a first command to the inter-zone sensor to instruct a beamforming transceiver in the second zone to initiate communication with the beamforming computing device.


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