US 11,758,577 B2
Network resource allocation for unmanned aerial vehicles
Matthew S. Fanelli, Portland, OR (US); Jonathan Evans, Portland, OR (US); Amit Gupta, Highland Park, NJ (US); and Parvez Ahmad, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/898,235.
Application 17/898,235 is a continuation of application No. 15/930,767, filed on May 13, 2020, granted, now 11,432,302.
Application 15/930,767 is a continuation of application No. 15/925,465, filed on Mar. 19, 2018, granted, now 10,660,111, issued on May 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0417941 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08G 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/543 (2023.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 28/26 (2009.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/543 (2023.01) [G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 28/26 (2013.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories, to:
receive network condition information,
the network condition information being indicative of network resource availability at a plurality of locations;
process the network condition information to associate the network resource availability identified in the network condition information with one or more airspace voxels that represent one or more three-dimensional (3D) portions of airspace corresponding to the plurality of locations;
receive night parameters relating to a proposed flight plan of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) through airspace represented by a set of airspace voxels, and network performance parameters associated with the proposed flight plan;
determine that the network resource availability that is associated with the set of airspace voxels fails to satisfy the network performance parameters; and
perform one or more actions to enable the UAV to access network resources that satisfy the network performance parameters based on determining that the network resource availability that is associated with the set of airspace voxels fails to satisfy the network performance parameters.