US 11,875,688 B2
Flight policy query at roaming
Jens Poscher, Aachen (DE); Ralph Detke, Herzogenrath (DE); Stefan Eichinger, Pulheim (DE); and Pedro Tercero, Aachen (DE)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 16/763,252
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Nov. 23, 2017, PCT No. PCT/EP2017/080246
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 12, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/101323, PCT Pub. Date May 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0074169 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. G08G 5/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01)
CPC G08G 5/0039 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 2201/00 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method implemented by a first unmanned aerial vehicle application server (UAV-AS), for determining a flight policy to be applied to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) located in a first geographical service area associated with the first UAV-AS; the method comprising the first UAV-AS:
determining whether the UAV is going to leave the first geographical service area towards a second geographical service area, wherein the second geographical service area is associated with a second UAV-AS;
querying a flight policy applicable for the second geographical service area from the second UAV-AS; and
instructing the flight policy applicable for the second geographical service to the UAV, before the UAV has entered the second geographical service area.