US 12,392,616 B2
Method and apparatus to determine location for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
Chitradeep Majumdar, Bangalore (IN); Neha Sharma, Bangalore (IN); Diwakar Sharma, Bangalore (IN); Anshuman Nigam, Bangalore (IN); and Vikalp Mandawaria, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/817,311.
Application 17/817,311 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/011430, filed on Aug. 2, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202141034965 (IN), filed on Aug. 3, 2021; and application No. 202141034965 (IN), filed on Jul. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0054538 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G01C 21/20 (2006.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01)
CPC G01C 21/20 (2013.01) [H04B 7/18504 (2013.01); H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04W 64/003 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method to determine location for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) serving a plurality of terrestrial user equipment (UEs), the method comprising:
receiving information from a network entity, the information indicating that the plurality of terrestrial UEs form a cluster;
determining whether at least one of a plurality of predefined events is triggered; and
determining the location of the UAV, in case that the plurality of terrestrial UEs form the cluster and the at least one of the plurality of predefined events is triggered, wherein determining the location comprises:
receiving cluster information related to the cluster;
determining circular trajectory of the cluster using the cluster information;
receiving a first average data rate of the cluster at each of a plurality of locations along a circumference of the circular trajectory;
determining an optimal down-tilt angle and an optimal bearing angle of an antenna panel of the UAV based on the first average data rate at each of the plurality of locations; and
determining the location of the UAV based on the optimal down-tilt angle and the optimal bearing angle.