US 11,856,520 B2
Network-assisted charging prioritization for cellular unmanned aerial vehicles
Anurag Thantharate, Overland Park, KS (US); Sreekar Marupaduga, Overland Park, KS (US); Sougata Saha, Olathe, KS (US); and Atul Kulkarni, Brambleton, VA (US)
Assigned to T-Mobile Innovations LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed by T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/146,916.
Application 18/146,916 is a continuation of application No. 17/151,826, filed on Jan. 19, 2021, granted, now 11,611,937.
Prior Publication US 2023/0138594 A1, May 4, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); H04W 28/24 (2009.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 50/34 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 52/0261 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); H04W 28/0268 (2013.01); H04W 28/24 (2013.01); H04W 52/0229 (2013.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 50/34 (2023.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to:
receive, at a base station, a request from a cellular unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) corresponding to a first quality of service (QoS) identifier and indicating the UAV needs to recharge a battery;
compare, at the base station, the first QoS identifier to QoS identifiers of other UAVs that have communicated a recharge request to the base station
determine a priority for the UAV; and
communicate, by the base station, charging instructions to the UAV.