US 11,956,689 B2
Signalling enhancements for aerial operation
Umesh Phuyal, San Diego, CA (US); Luis Fernando Brisson Lopes, Swindon (GB); Le Liu, Fremont, CA (US); Alberto Rico Alvarino, San Diego, CA (US); and Chiranjib Saha, Blacksburg, VA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on May 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/303,463.
Prior Publication US 2022/0386208 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 36/32 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G08G 5/0013 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); H04B 7/18506 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 30 Claims
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1. A method of wireless communication performed by a first base station (BS), the method comprising:
communicating, based on a handover condition, flight path information associated with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), wherein the flight path information comprises one or more upcoming waypoints to be traveled by the UAV and one or more timestamps associated with the one or more upcoming waypoints; and
performing, based on the one or more upcoming waypoints and the one or more timestamps, a communication handover of the UAV between the first BS and a second BS.