US 12,452,338 B2
Requesting data connection for UAV operation
Apostolis Salkintzis, Athens (GR); Genadi Velev, Darmstadt (DE); and Dimitrios Karampatsis, Ruislip (GB)
Assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Appl. No. 17/600,947
Filed by Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD., New Tech Park, Singapore (SG)
PCT Filed Apr. 1, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/058136
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 13, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/200410, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2025/0047750 A1, Feb. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. H04L 67/141 (2022.01); H04L 67/125 (2022.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01)
CPC H04L 67/141 (2013.01) [H04L 67/125 (2013.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.05); H04W 12/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A session management function (“SMF”) configured to:
receive a first session management request via an access management function (“AMF”), wherein the first session management request contains a second session management request associated with a user equipment (“UE”), and wherein the second session management request is for unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) operation;
obtain subscription data for the UE including a UAV identity;
select an unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management (“UTM”) function based, at least in part, on the second session management request;
transmit a first request to the selected UTM function to authorize the UAV operation for the UAV identity;
receive a response to the first request including remote identification and tracking information (“RITI”) for the UAV operation, wherein the RITI comprises an authorization token for establishing a UAV session between the UE and a UTM function; and
transmit a response to the second session management request via the AMF, the response including the RITI.