US 12,464,584 B2
Low latency edge processing for drone wireless links
George Jason Schnellbacher, Leawood, KS (US); and Zheng Fang, McLean, VA (US)
Assigned to T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on Feb. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/167,067.
Prior Publication US 2024/0276571 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04B 7/26 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04W 76/15 (2018.02) [H04B 7/2606 (2013.01); H04L 63/0272 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of edge processing, the method comprising:
receiving, by a base station of a cellular network, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) command and control signal over a first air interface extending between the base station and a UAV controller, the UAV command and control signal carrying instructions for controlling a flight parameter of a UAV; and
transmitting, by the base station, the UAV command and control signal over a second air interface extending between the base station and the UAV without routing the UAV command and control signal through a cellular network core of the cellular network, the UAV authenticating the UAV controller before using the UAV command and control signal to control the flight parameter of the UAV.