UAS service control method and device using wireless communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12177808-B2
Application number	US-202017639048-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 25, 2020
Priority date	Aug 30, 2019
Publication date	Dec 24, 2024
Grant date	Dec 24, 2024

Abstract

Provided is a method of providing an unmanned aerial system (UAS), the method including: performing an authorization procedure with respect to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a UAV controller (UAC); after the authorization procedure is completed, receiving UAS serviceable area information from an unified data management (UDM) or a policy control function (PCF); and providing the received UAS serviceable area information to the UAV and the UAC via a base station.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method, performed by an access and mobility management function (AMF), of providing an unmanned aerial system (UAS) service, the method comprising:
performing an authorization procedure with respect to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a UAV controller (UAC);
after the authorization procedure is completed, receiving UAS serviceable area information from a unified data management (UDM) or a policy control function (PCF), wherein the UAS serviceable area information is determined based on a no flight zone determined by an unmanned traffic management (UTM);
providing the received UAS serviceable area information to the UAV and the UAC via a base station
transmitting, to the UTM, a location report that the UAV has left the UAS serviceable area received from the base station; and
transmitting, to the UAV, a UAS control message for controlling the UAV according to a control command designated by the UTM received from the UTM through an emergency session between the UAV and the UTM.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the providing of the received UAS serviceable area information to the UAV and the UAC via a base station comprises providing the received UAS serviceable area information via a registration approval message, and
the receiving of the UAS serviceable area information from the UDM or the PCF comprises receiving the UAS serviceable area information via a response message to a registration request message transmitted to the UDM or the PCF.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UAS serviceable area information comprises at least one of a tracking area identifier (TAI) or a cell identifier (ID).

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, from the base station, notification information notifying that a connection with the UAV is disconnected or that the UAV may enter the no flight zone; and
transmitting, to a UAS terminal, a UAS control message generated based on the notification information to control the UAV received from the UTM.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the notification information comprises at least one of identification information of the UAV and UAC, cell ID information, geographical location information, or administrative location information of the UAV.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the UAS control message includes at least one of direction information, authentication code information, or control code information.

7. A method of providing an unmanned aerial system (UAS) service of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the method comprising:
transmitting, to an access and mobility management function (AMF), a registration request message through a base station;
performing an authorization procedure with respect to a network entity in a core network, based on the registration request message;
after the authorization procedure is completed, receiving UAS serviceable area information, determined based on a no flight zone, from a policy control function (PCF) or a unified data management (UDM), via the base station;
in a case that the UAV has left the UAS serviceable area, setting an emergency session with an unmanned traffic management (UTM); and
receiving, from the UTM a UAS control message for controlling the UAV according to a control command designated by the UTM through the emergency session.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the receiving of the UAS serviceable area information from the base station comprises receiving the UAS serviceable area information through a registration approval message,
wherein the UAS serviceable area information comprises at least one of a tracking area identifier (TAI) or a cell identifier (ID).

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
transmitting a measurement report to the base station; and
receiving a UAS control message from the UTM,
wherein the UAS control message is received in a case that a connection with the UAV is disconnected or that the UAV may enter the no flight zone.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the notification information comprises at least one of identification information of the UAV and UAC, cell ID information, geographical location information, or administrative location information of the UAV, and
the UAS control message comprises at least one of direction information, authentication code information, or control code information.

11. An access and mobility management function (AMF) for providing an unmanned aerial system (UAS) service, the AMF comprising:
a transceiver; and
a processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to:
perform an authorization procedure with respect to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a UAV controller (UAC),
receive, after the authorization procedure is completed, UAS serviceable information from an unified data management (UDM) or a policy control function (PCF), wherein the UAS serviceable area information is determined based on a no flight zone determined by an unmanned traffic management (UTM), and
provide, to the UAV and the UAC, the received serviceable information, through a base station,
transmit, to the UTM, a location report that the UAV has left the UAS serviceable area received from the base station, and
transmit, to the UAV, a UAS control message for controlling the UAV according to a control command designated by the UTM received from the UTM through an emergency session between the UAV and the UTM.

12. The AMF of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to provide the received UAS serviceable area information via a registration approval message, and receive the UAS serviceable area information via a response message to a registration request message transmitted to the UDM or the PCF.

13. The AMF of claim 11 , wherein the UAS serviceable area information comprises at least one of a tracking area identifier (TAI) or a cell identifier (ID).

14. The AMF of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive, from the base station, notification information notifying that a connection with the UAV is disconnected or that the UAV may enter the no flight zone,
transmit the received notification information to the PCF, and
transmit, to a UAS terminal, a UAS control message generated based on the notification information to control the UAV received from the UTM.

15. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for providing an unmanned aerial system (UAS) service, the UAV comprising:
a transceiver; and
a processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to:
transmit to an access and mobility management function (AMF) a registration request message via a base station,
perform an authorization procedure with respect to a network entity in a core network based on the registration request message,
after the authorization procedure is completed, receive UAS serviceable area information, determined based on a no flight zone, from a policy control function (PCF) or a unified data management (UDM), via the base station,
in a case that the UAV has left the UAS serviceable area, set an emergency session with an unmanned traffic management (UTM), and
receive, from the UTM a UAS control message for controlling the UAV according to a control command designated by the UTM through the emergency session.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Jungshin
• Moon Sangjun
• Jeong Sangsoo
• Han Yoonseon

Classifications

• H04W60/00

  Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration · CPC title

• H04W24/10

  Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} · CPC title

• H04W8/08

  Mobility data transfer · CPC title

• H04W4/40

  for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] · CPC title

• H04W64/00 Primary

  Locating users or terminals {or network equipment} for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management · CPC title