US 12,265,385 B2
Systems, devices, and methods for millimeter wave communication for unmanned aerial vehicles
Arupjyoti Bhuyan, Idaho Falls, ID (US); Ismail Guvenc, Cary, NC (US); and Huaiyu Dai, Raleigh, NC (US)
Assigned to Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, Idaho Falls, ID (US); and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US)
Appl. No. 17/309,127
Filed by Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, Idaho Falls, ID (US); and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 5, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/059900
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/097103, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/756,400, filed on Nov. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0373552 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01)
CPC G05D 1/0022 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0027 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication system, comprising:
a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); and
one or more base stations including:
a first number of millimeter wave (mmWave) antennas configured to generate and wirelessly transmit control signals in a first direction to one or more UAVs of the plurality of UAVs over a mmWave communication network, wherein the control signals are at least partially based on a base station density; and
a second number of antennas configured to generate and transmit signals in a second direction to land-based communication devices;
wherein at least one base station of the one or more base stations is configured to control at least two UAVs of the plurality of UAVs via a single mmWave beam;
wherein the one or more base stations are configured to select a UAV of the plurality of UAVs for non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) communication based on ray tracing simulations of the plurality of UAVs;
wherein the plurality of UAVs include a primary UAV and at least one secondary UAV, wherein the primary UAV is dynamically selected based on one or more conditions of the communication system;
wherein at least one of a base station of the one or more base stations or at least one UAV of the plurality of UAVs is configured to transmit artificial noise with a confidential message and control power leakage in a direction of a malicious receiver.