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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2015
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Kevin Gerard Brennan, Metuchen, NJ (US);
Taru Jain, Waltham, MA (US);
Chandrasekhar Munukutla, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Zhongting Shen, Branchburg, NJ (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A steerable antenna, of a UAV, is used to optimize connectivity to a wireless network, such as to radio access network (RAN) of a cellular wireless network. In one implementation, the altitude of a UAV may be used to determine a direction in which to point the antenna of the UAV. In some implementations, additional factors, such as the travel direction of the UAV and/or the known location of base stations associated with the wireless cellular network, may alternatively or additionally be used to determine the direction of the antenna.