Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Doppler shift estimation and correction for broadband communication in unmanned aerial vehicles
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Application No.: US15712102Application Date: 2017-09-21
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Publication No.: US10687297B2Publication Date: 2020-06-16
- Inventor: Hong Gan
- Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: FisherBroyles, LLP
- Main IPC: H04W56/00
- IPC: H04W56/00 ; H04W4/02 ; H04B1/04 ; G01S5/02 ; H04B7/185 ; H04L29/08

Abstract:
Systems and associated methods for reducing Doppler shifts in the broadband signals between Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and ground stations are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method for reducing the Doppler shift of wireless signals includes estimating a velocity of the UAV based on a Global Positioning System (GPS) or an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) of the UAV and calculating the Doppler shift of an upload (UL) wireless signal based on the velocity of the UAV. The method further includes predistorting a frequency of the UL wireless signal at the ground station to reduce the Doppler shift at a UAV receiver (RX) and transmitting the UL wireless signal from a ground station transmitter (TX) to the UAV RX. In some embodiments, calculating the Doppler shift of the UL wireless signal is performed at the ground station.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180279246A1 DOPPLER SHIFT ESTIMATION AND CORRECTION FOR BROADBAND COMMUNICATION IN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES Public/Granted day:2018-09-27
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