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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. 27, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 13, 2016
Applicant:

Sony Mobile Communications Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Rickard Ljung, Helsingborg, SE;

Zhinong Ying, Lund, SE;

Linh Trang, Lund, SE;

Peter C. Karlsson, Lund, SE;

Magnus Persson, Lund, SE;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 16/18 (2009.01); H04W 16/24 (2009.01); H04W 36/22 (2009.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01); H04W 16/26 (2009.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 84/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/18 (2013.01); H04B 7/18504 (2013.01); H04W 16/24 (2013.01); H04W 16/26 (2013.01); H04W 36/22 (2013.01); H04W 36/32 (2013.01); B64C 2201/122 (2013.01); H04W 84/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed for determining dynamic positioning of mobile cells. Dynamic positioning provides for navigating a mobile cell, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle or the like, to a location suitable for offloading current network traffic, such that the suitable location maximizes offloading capabilities. The methodology describes takes into account both the current traffic load on the network and the location of the highest system capacity-intensive mobile terminals in determining an initial position for deploying the mobile cell. Additionally, the location of the deployed mobile cell is optimized, over time, based on tracking the direction of movement of the highest capacity-intensive mobile terminals, and, in some embodiments, service quality indicators provided by the mobile terminals and/or contextual information captured by the mobile cell apparatus.


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