Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Distance-based serving cell selection for communications between an aerial vehicle and a cellular radio access network
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Application No.: US16833064Application Date: 2020-03-27
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Publication No.: US11452034B2Publication Date: 2022-09-20
- Inventor: Kyle Lashbrook
- Applicant: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Bellevue
- Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Bellevue
- Agency: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Main IPC: H04W64/00
- IPC: H04W64/00 ; H04W48/20 ; H01Q1/28 ; H01Q3/08 ; B64C39/02 ; B64C1/36 ; B64D41/00
Abstract:
A method of communicating between an aerial vehicle and a cellular radio access network is described. In some cases, the method includes determining a current location of the aerial vehicle; determining, in response to the current location, a location of a nearest cell of the cellular radio access network; and processing communications between the aerial vehicle and the cellular radio access network, using the nearest cell as a serving cell. When the method is performed on-board an aerial vehicle, the method further includes orienting a directional antenna of the aerial vehicle toward the location of the nearest cell.
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