公开(公告)号：US09918235B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-13

申请号：US14950892

申请日：2015-11-24

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Kevin Gerard Brennan ,  Taru Jain ,  Chandrasekhar Munukutla ,  Zhongting Shen

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W16/28 ,  H01Q1/24 ,  H04W4/04 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H01Q1/28 ,  H04B7/185

CPC classification number: H04W16/28 ,  H01Q1/241 ,  H01Q1/28 ,  H04B7/18506 ,  H04W4/04 ,  H04W4/40 ,  H04W24/08

Abstract: A steerable antenna, of a UAV, is used to optimize connectivity to a wireless network, such as to radio access network (RAN) of a cellular wireless network. In one implementation, the altitude of a UAV may be used to determine a direction in which to point the antenna of the UAV. In some implementations, additional factors, such as the travel direction of the UAV and/or the known location of base stations associated with the wireless cellular network, may alternatively or additionally be used to determine the direction of the antenna.

公开(公告)号：US20170150373A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-25

申请号：US14950892

申请日：2015-11-24

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Kevin Gerard Brennan ,  Taru Jain ,  Chandrasekhar Munukutla ,  Zhongting Shen

IPC: H04W16/28 ,  H04B7/185 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H01Q1/28 ,  H01Q1/24 ,  H04W4/04

CPC classification number: H04W16/28 ,  H01Q1/241 ,  H01Q1/28 ,  H04B7/18506 ,  H04W4/04 ,  H04W4/40 ,  H04W24/08

Abstract: A steerable antenna, of a UAV, is used to optimize connectivity to a wireless network, such as to radio access network (RAN) of a cellular wireless network. In one implementation, the altitude of a UAV may be used to determine a direction in which to point the antenna of the UAV. In some implementations, additional factors, such as the travel direction of the UAV and/or the known location of base stations associated with the wireless cellular network, may alternatively or additionally be used to determine the direction of the antenna.