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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:
Apr. 06, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 30, 2018
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Del Mar, CA (US);

Juan Montojo, San Diego, CA (US);

Yongbin Wei, La Jolla, CA (US);

Peter Gaal, San Diego, CA (US);

Alberto Rico Alvarino, San Diego, CA (US);

Edward Teague, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/24 (2009.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G01S 5/10 (2006.01); G01S 5/14 (2006.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); G01S 19/48 (2010.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01); G01S 11/02 (2010.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); B64C 39/02 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G01S 5/0257 (2013.01); G01S 5/10 (2013.01); G01S 5/14 (2013.01); G01S 11/02 (2013.01); G01S 19/48 (2013.01); G05D 1/0022 (2013.01); G08G 5/0013 (2013.01); G08G 5/0021 (2013.01); G08G 5/0026 (2013.01); G08G 5/0082 (2013.01); H04B 7/18504 (2013.01); H04B 7/18506 (2013.01); H04W 8/24 (2013.01); H04W 60/00 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); B64C 2201/146 (2013.01); H04W 8/22 (2013.01); H04W 64/006 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure relates to drone user equipment (UE) indications that may be conveyed to a wireless network. In particular, a UE that has flight capabilities (i.e., capabilities to operate as an unmanned aircraft system) and optional further capabilities to report a current height level may indicate such capabilities to the wireless network. As such, the wireless network may differentiate the drone UE from other UEs that only operate on the ground. Furthermore, the optional current height level may enable the wireless network to differentiate among drone UEs operating at different heights and/or from other UEs that are operating on the ground. The wireless network may further use the information indicating the flight capabilities either alone or in combination with the optional height information to configure power control parameters, manage interference, provide mobility management functions, generate neighbor lists, control beamforming, or implement a radio resource configuration or management procedure.


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