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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:
Mar. 08, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2016
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Andreas Nilsson, Gothenburg, SE;

Jonas Fridén, Mölndal, SE;

Fredrik Harrysson, Gothenburg, SE;

Lars Manholm, Gothenburg, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/18 (2009.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 84/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/18 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0022 (2013.01); H04B 7/18504 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); B64C 2201/122 (2013.01); B64C 2201/146 (2013.01); H04W 84/005 (2013.01); H04W 84/045 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of providing an increase of communication capacity in a communications system is disclosed. The method is performed in a network device and comprises: establishing a need for a communication capacity increase in a first coverage area C, directing an unmanned aerial vehicle comprising an access node towards the first coverage area C, and providing communication resources by the access node of the unmanned aerial vehicle to meet the communication capacity increase in a first coverage area C. A method in an unmanned aerial vehicle, a network device, unmanned aerial vehicle, computer programs and computer program products are also provided.


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