Methods and apparatuses for updating UAV status in UAS ecosystem

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11816995-B2
Application number	US-202016896671-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 9, 2020
Priority date	Jun 14, 2019
Publication date	Nov 14, 2023
Grant date	Nov 14, 2023

Abstract

Method and apparatus are provided for updating unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) status in unmanned aircraft system (UAS) ecosystem. In accordance with some implementation, a UE may determine a change in flight state of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The UE upon such determination may communicating to an unmanned aerial system traffic management (UTM) the fight state via a wireless wide area network (WWAN). This may allow the UTM to more efficiently manage and allocate resources to UAVs.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
determining a change in flight state of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV);
initiating a radio link failure (RLF) procedure;
communicating to an unmanned aerial system traffic management (UTM) the fight state via a wireless wide area network (WWAN); and
further comprising communicating to the UTM a capability information of the UAV, wherein the capability information comprises the flight state, and wherein the capability information is based on the determined change in the flight state.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the flight state comprises a mobile mode, a stationary mode, or a flight mode.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the communicating to an UTM the flight state comprises communicating to a presence server the determined change in the flight state.

4. A method of communication performed by an unmanned aerial system traffic management (UTM), comprising:
receiving an information indicative of a change in a flight state of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV);
managing operation of one or more UAVs based on the information, wherein managing comprises at least one of allocating flight path, allocating resource, and managing traffic.

5. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:
a memory; and
at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
determine a change in flight state an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV);
initiate a radio link failure (RLF) procedure;
communicate to an unmanned aerial system traffic management (UTM) the fight state via a wireless wide area network (WWAN); and
the at least one processor is further configured to communicate to the UTM a capability information of the UAV, wherein the capability information comprises the flight state, and wherein the capability information is based on the determined change in the flight state.

6. The UE of claim 5 , wherein the flight state comprises a mobile mode, a stationary mode, or a flight mode.

7. The UE of claim 5 , wherein the communicate to an UTM the flight state comprises communicate to a presence server the determined change in the flight state.

8. An unmanned aerial system traffic management (UTM) for communication, comprising:
a memory; and
at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
receive an information indicative of a change in a flight state of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), wherein the receive comprises receiving a capability information of the UAV;
manage operation of one or more UAVs based on the information, wherein managing comprises at least one of allocating flight path, allocating resource, and managing traffic.

9. An apparatus for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
means for determining a change in flight state of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV);
means for initiating a radio link failure (RLF) procedure;
means for communicating to an unmanned aerial system traffic management (UTM) the fight state via a wireless wide area network (WWAN); and
further comprising means for communicating to the UTM a capability information of the UAV, wherein the capability information comprises the flight state, and wherein the capability information is based on the determined change in the flight state.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the flight state comprises a mobile mode, a stationary mode, or a flight mode.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the communicating to an UTM the flight state comprises communicating to a presence server the determined change in the flight state.

12. A apparatus of communication performed by an unmanned aerial system traffic management (UTM), comprising:
means for receiving an information indicative of a change in a flight state of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), wherein the means for receiving comprises means for receiving a capability information of the UAV;
means for managing operation of one or more UAVs based on the information, wherein managing comprises at least one of allocating flight path, allocating resource, and managing traffic.

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Naini Santosh Reddy
• Vaidyula Sarath Chandra
• Pasunooru Naveen Kumar
• Mohan Prashanth

Classifications

• G08G5/56

  for two or more aircraft · CPC title

• G08G5/57

  for unmanned aircraft · CPC title

• G08G5/55

  for a single aircraft · CPC title

• G08G5/26 Primary

  Transmission of traffic-related information between aircraft and ground stations · CPC title

• G08G5/727

  from a ground station · CPC title