US 12,471,017 B2
Techniques improving connection reliability during navigation in cellular networks
Kim Mahler, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to Voltela Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed by The Joan and Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/154,579.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/303,165, filed on Jan. 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0239783 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 48/20 (2009.01); H04B 17/391 (2015.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/20 (2013.01) [H04B 17/3913 (2015.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for improving connection reliability in cellular networks, comprising:
obtaining a plurality of signals from at least one first vehicle navigating in a cellular network, wherein the cellular network is distributed over a geographic area including a plurality of cells having a plurality of transceivers, wherein each cell of the plurality of cells is a subdivision of the geographic area in which at least one transceiver of the plurality of transceivers is deployed;
determining a plurality of signal propagation values for the plurality of transceivers based on a plurality of signals received from the plurality of transceivers by the at least one first vehicle navigating in the cellular network;
creating a signal propagation model based on the plurality of signal propagation values and the plurality of signals;
determining, based on the signal propagation model and an expected navigation path of a second vehicle, at least one subset of transceivers to be used for transceiver selection, wherein the at least one subset of transceivers includes the at least one subset plurality of cells from among the plurality of cells; and
causing the at least one subset of transceivers to be used for transceiver selection with respect to the second vehicle.