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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2023
Applicant:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Jin Yang, Orinda, CA (US);
Lalit R. Kotecha, San Ramon, CA (US);
Donna L. Polehn, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Arda Aksu, Lafayette, CA (US);
Vishwanath Ramamurthi, San Ramon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2008.12); H04W 72/044 (2022.12); H04W 72/51 (2022.12); B64U 10/13 (2022.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2012.12); H04W 72/046 (2012.12); H04W 72/51 (2022.12); B64U 10/13 (2022.12); B64U 2201/102 (2022.12);
Abstract
A method may include transmitting multiple antenna beams to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and determining a location of the UAV. The method may also include identifying a network slice to service the UAV, assigning the identified network slice to the UAV and performing antenna beam management for the UAV while the UAV is in flight.