US 12,267,724 B2
Methods, systems, and devices for offloading data traffic to an aerial base station in mobile networks
Daniel Vivanco, Ashburn, VA (US)
Assigned to AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc., Vienna, VA (US)
Filed by AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc., Vienna, VA (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/977,527.
Prior Publication US 2024/0147304 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 28/18 (2009.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 28/0284 (2013.01) [H04B 7/18541 (2013.01); H04W 28/18 (2013.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
a processing system including a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
obtaining a first E-UTRAN cell global identifier (ECGI) associated with an aerial base station;
determining a location of the aerial base station;
determining that a terrestrial base station is within a distance threshold of the location of the aerial base station;
providing the first ECGI of the aerial base station to the terrestrial base station; and
providing first instructions to the terrestrial base station to indicate to each of a group of terrestrial communication devices communicatively coupled to the terrestrial base station to add a cell individual offset (CIO) factor to a first signal strength associated with a first signal received from the aerial base station, wherein the terrestrial base station provides second instructions to each of the group of terrestrial communication devices to add a CIO factor to the first signal strength associated with the first signal received from the aerial base station, wherein the second instructions include the first ECGI associated with the aerial base station.