US 12,457,541 B2
Limiting the use of signals with a potentially interfering band by user equipment operated above ground level
Haywood Peitzer, Randolph, NJ (US)
Assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/875,259.
Prior Publication US 2024/0040471 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 40/20 (2009.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 40/205 (2013.01) [H04W 4/90 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, via a communications network by routing controller equipment comprising a processor, altitude information corresponding to an altitude of a user equipment;
based on the altitude, generating, by the routing controller equipment, a signal limiting instruction applicable to limit a signal associated with the user equipment;
obtaining, by the routing controller equipment, location information associated with the user equipment;
determining, by the routing controller equipment, a list of bands based on the location information;
determining, by the routing controller equipment, a potentially interfering band from the list of bands based on historical usage utilizing an artificial intelligence (AI) model resulting in a determination,
wherein the altitude being above a high-altitude threshold corresponds with the signal limiting instruction comprising a band muting instruction that causes the user equipment not to transmit the signal using the potentially interfering band,
wherein the altitude being below the high-altitude threshold and above a medium-altitude threshold corresponds with the signal limiting instruction comprising an instruction that:
permits transmission of the signal using the potentially interfering band, and
alters the signal to limit a potential for interference caused by the signal using the potentially interfering band, and
wherein the medium-altitude threshold is above ground level and below the high-altitude threshold; and
based on the determination, facilitating, by the routing controller equipment, communicating the signal limiting instruction to alter the signal associated with the user equipment with respect to the potentially interfering band.