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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2018
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Rakesh Kalathil, San Diego, CA (US);
Feng Xue, Redwood City, CA (US);
Vishnusudhan Raghupathy, San Diego, CA (US);
Candy Yiu, Portland, OR (US);
Venkatesan Nallampatti Ekambaram, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 36/38 (2009.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01); H04W 84/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/0094 (2013.01); G05D 1/0022 (2013.01); G05D 1/102 (2013.01); H04B 7/18506 (2013.01); H04W 36/0088 (2013.01); H04W 36/00837 (2018.08); H04W 36/38 (2013.01); H04W 64/006 (2013.01); H04W 36/32 (2013.01); H04W 84/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques are described for improving handover performance in the context of UEs incorporated into unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, a.k.a., drones). A database is constructed that relates locations in a three-dimensional flying space to handover information that may include optimum scanning directions, optimum handover parameters, and/or optimum target cells to be monitored for possible handover.