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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2017
Applicants:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Heikki Mahkonen, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Heikki Mahkonen, San Jose, CA (US);
Ravi Manghirmalani, Fremont, CA (US);
Attila Takács, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 76/25 (2018.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 36/02 (2009.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04B 7/18506 (2013.01); H04W 36/00835 (2018.08); H04W 36/023 (2013.01); H04W 36/30 (2013.01); H04W 36/32 (2013.01); H04W 76/25 (2018.02); H04W 84/042 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for managing a wireless connection of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is described herein. The method may include detecting a handover condition for the UAV within a wireless network, wherein the UAV is connected to a source cell in the wireless network when the handover condition is detected; determining, in response to detecting the handover condition, a target cell in the wireless network based on a flight path of the UAV; and initiating a handover of the UAV from the source cell to the target cell.